Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] up at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As I approach Jamie 's house , I glance up at the-first floor .
2 The NTV , with its headquarters in Lagos , had television stations in all nineteen state capitals which link up at certain times — especially for the main evening news bulletin — and have federally appointed management .
3 What are the cargoes we pick up at short notice and deliver to out-of-the-way ports in Africa ?
4 Anyway , I just thought I 'd write to suggest that we meet up at some point ; I do enjoy trying to get to know some of my cousins , especially when they 're not hundreds of miles away .
5 That 's what they say well we have this silly game that we play on the number line , going up and down the thing and when you do three start from three , count seven in the opposite direction we finish up at this number called minus four .
6 They were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure : ‘ They get up at any hour they choose , and go out and amuse themselves . ’
7 They just energetically throw the pebbles around , and big pebbles and small pebbles respond differently to this treatment so they end up at different levels of the beach .
8 You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go .
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