Example sentences of "[verb] up at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then , looking up at the circular window above it , Jack saw that the catch was not fully in position . |
| 32 | Looking up at the illuminated sign overhead she was glad she had not attempted to push her way in . |
| 33 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 34 | He stood , looking up at the little building , feeling constrained to say more . |
| 35 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 36 | THE subject of minimum wages came up at The Northern/KPMG Peat Marwick Business Briefing when Sir Ian Wrigglesworth ( CBI , Lib-Dem , ex-Labour ) was the guest speaker . |
| 37 | ‘ You mean if he does n't show up at the right time the opportunity wo n't occur again ? ’ |
| 38 | I would have tried to ask Dudley Wood , secretary to the RFU , but he did n't show up at the new kit 's launch … |
| 39 | An alternative draft platform for the forthcoming congress , drawn up at the Democratic Platform 's founding conference in January and from which it took its name [ see p. 37235 ] , was criticized for not attempting to make " a constructive contribution to the formulation of party strategy " and for concealing designs to turn the CPSU into a " shapeless association with complete freedom for factions and groupings , i.e. practically to dismantle it " . |
| 40 | A set of principles of ‘ functional ’ town planning was established , enshrined in a document drawn up at the fourth congress held aboard a liner cruising between Marseilles and Athens : hence the Athens Charter , 1933 . |
| 41 | And pensions have not been going up at the same rate as the cost of living . |
| 42 | Everyone turned up at the 42nd Street Theatre that night to see Noreen make her New York debut . |
| 43 | That afternoon two more carcasses turned up at the northern end of Butterwick Low , and another two were reported from the Norfolk coast , close to Cromer . |
| 44 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 45 | Victorine was confused by the tale Baptiste had told her just now when he and his mother turned up at the back door with Léonie 's sandal and an armful of bread . |
| 46 | The conference theme ‘ A Better Mousetrap ’ , ties in with the centenary of crime novelist Agatha Christie , who turned up at The Old Swan after her own mysterious disappearance , and the titles of some of the papers will reflect the investigation , detection and arrest of some villains that threaten our property , our health or our lives . |
| 47 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 48 | Graham Fowler made it a double when he teamed up at the last minute with Chris Schaefer from Tennis World and in see-saw men 's double final the Tennis World pair of Ben O'Connor and Peter Ford . |
| 49 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 50 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 51 | All of this has been enacted and realised and completed in Jesus himself , and the meaning of sin , so far as we are concerned , is only really opened up at the very place where it is borne and done away with . |
| 52 | Even after the Union of the Crowns there remained a long period during which old traditions and suspicions simmered uneasily , and old local enmities flared up at the slightest provocation . |
| 53 | Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past . |
| 54 | I lie on my back and look up at the eternal sweep of marble skies . |
| 55 | Look up at the Great Tower which was built by the sons of Peter Parler in 1396 : -1406 , with a Renaissance gallery by B. Wohlmut , 1560–2 . |
| 56 | I wiped my brow , which had become a little sweaty , and took a last look up at the shadowless wall above . |
| 57 | Some of these children show an interesting reaction when the allergenic foods are removed from the diet and other allergens avoided : their mental and behavioural symptoms clear up at the same time as their physical ones . |
| 58 | Many give up at the first hurdle before discovering the eventual and significant rewards . ’ |
| 59 | No partnership has a guarantee of happiness , and if you give up at the first hint of discord you 'll never find the rewards a mature and honest relationship can bring . |
| 60 | There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay . |