Example sentences of "[verb] up at the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 3 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 4 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid that my husband is often caught up at the hospital and so I simply do n't know whether he will be free . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Romans line up at the camp and Brits over there in the woods , ’ Nigel instructed . |
| 7 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 8 | We lay in the grass looking up at the sky and the fluttering leaves on the silver birch trees , sucking on our reed stalks and talking about girls . |
| 9 | The Statement of principles and Objectives of the Federation was drawn up at the conference and signed by all the organizations present at the conference ( see Annex ) . |
| 10 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 11 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 12 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 13 | The Scottish forwards were in tremendous form , cleaning up at the line-out and generally demolishing a big , strong Country pack . |
| 14 | A grey car , immaculately clean , was just pulling up at the gate and a big man in a plain grey suit was getting out to open it . |
| 15 | She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her . |
| 16 | One day this long-legged white geek turns up at the court and the two get into an argument . |
| 17 | On the concourse people stood around gazing up at the departure and arrival boards , checking times of trains . |
| 18 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 19 | Now come along , sit up at the table and have your tea . ’ |
| 20 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 21 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 22 | He had managed to find the General , but with one eye pointing up at the sky and the other angled down at his nose , there was little scope for effective communication . |
| 23 | She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night . |
| 24 | So I stayed outside , staring up at the moon and the stars with a beating heart , wishing and dreaming of a different , more exciting life . |
| 25 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 26 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 27 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 28 | Tied up at the end and |
| 29 | And if you 're tiling right round a room , inaccurate levels will mean your rows do n't match up at the start and finish point . |
| 30 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |