Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 3 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 4 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 5 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 6 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 7 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 8 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 9 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 10 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |
| 11 | The superintendent looked up at the SOCO , posing the question like a doctor checking the symptoms of a sickly patient . |
| 12 | Maxham stared up at the ceiling . |
| 13 | As we entered the kitchen Pat looked up at the roof and the large gaping hole caused by a shell that had passed through two floors then smashed through the kitchen door , ending up in the garden . |
| 14 | And from the depths of the pool little yellow frogs stared up at the nomes . |
| 15 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 16 | Meredith queued up at the till , studying the amount on the bill , and automatically checked what he 'd given her while she was waiting . |
| 17 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |
| 18 | Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use . |
| 19 | Her wide blue eyes swept up at the waiter as if considering him . |
| 20 | It 's the fourth year running that the Tudor Manor is playing host to a mini opera season in the three hundred seater auditorium set up at the side of the house . |
| 21 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 22 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 23 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 24 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 25 | Curtis squinted up at the sheriff through the curling smoke of the cigarette he had just lit . |
| 26 | Rincewind squinted up at the sword . |
| 27 | The overseer squinted up at the ceiling . |
| 28 | A stream of visitors turned up at the camp . |
| 29 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 30 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |