Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido drew up abruptly at the side of the road . |
| 2 | She tensed up immediately at the prospect of seeing him again , but when she turned right round her heart flipped idiotically in her chest . |
| 3 | and when I looked they did n't have it threaded up right at the top at all I had to re-thread the machine . |
| 4 | Domino hurtled past him , tail wagging madly , looking up expectantly at the stranger . |
| 5 | Although he kept looking up eagerly at the sky , it was obvious that he could see nothing . |
| 6 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 7 | he also opened up early at the wicket and had a tendency to bowl from the edge of the crease , which caused him to get the right shoulder in front of the left as he delivered and , with hardly any follow through , the only way he could generate any great speed was by a late acceleration of the bowling arm . |
| 8 | Every head turned up automatically at the sound of the furnace engine . |
| 9 | Rigby was surprised when Gedge turned up beforehand at the town 's Tesco stores where she had a Saturday job . |
| 10 | I mean , you can go along and always think ‘ Oh there 's nothing to this ’ , but then for some reason or other somebody has a complaint 's gone a big way round and ends up right at the top , and then , of course cascading down comes the ‘ Why ? |
| 11 | The controversy over criteria for granting Latvian citizenship flared up again at the end of March , when President Anatolijs Gorbunovs proposed that a referendum be held on the issue [ for October and November 1991 controversy see p. 38585 ] . |
| 12 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 13 | She glanced up now at the night sky , her eyes searching among the infinitesimal pin-points of light , and wondered if he was out there somewhere , had approved of her bright , carefree behaviour tonight . |
| 14 | He gave Tina a sideways look and was surprised to see her staring up intently at the Monument . |
| 15 | no no the starlings seem to be pecking away at the top slabs are getting dry so I do n't know , er you see that man 's still up there , I wonder what he 's doing up there at the side |
| 16 | If it does n't happen this year it 'll happen next spring you see , and of course er one lady who had been with her aunty er over in the Germany , she says when they went into , she knew they were accumulating theirs , she had some friends in Germany and of course they , she said they were hoarding up just at the borders of Poland I think it would be then . |
| 17 | The promotion race in the first division and coming up tomorrow at the County Ground , it is Swindon against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 18 | Madame always had a little stage set up there at the end , and I remember thinking at the time , well , seven nights in a week and seven different acts , it 's one way of dealing with the situation . |
| 19 | dad , dad we 're not giving up just at the moment |
| 20 | It is only prudent with most of the Dale 's ‘ Wares tied up here at the fortress . |
| 21 | Or paper bags tied up tight at the neck . |
| 22 | The patients are followed up partly at the outpatient department , partly at local hospitals . |
| 23 | We 've tightened up considerably at the back , and that 's very pleasing from my point of view . ’ |
| 24 | She shifted from foot to foot and stared up impatiently at the gallery of offices that ran around the walls . |
| 25 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 26 | The aide-de-camp was quietly providing a running translation of the senator 's remarks and the governor looked up sharply at the mention of the word " independence . " |
| 27 | He looked up sharply at the sound of the door — Again ? he thought disbelievingly , and he winced as the movement aggravated the mild headache that he 'd brought home with him . |
| 28 | Montgomery looked up gratefully at the sound of rattling cups . |
| 29 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
| 30 | Australian Ian Baker-Finch , an unknown player featuring in his first British Open , slipped up right at the start of the last day , hitting his second shot into the Swilcan Burn . |