Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect I woke up at the wrong time . |
| 2 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
| 3 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
| 4 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 5 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
| 6 | I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando . |
| 7 | I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti . |
| 8 | I got out of bed and sat in my pyjama trousers and wrote a letter , quite a long letter , which I tore up at the first re-reading . |
| 9 | Everyone turned up at the 42nd Street Theatre that night to see Noreen make her New York debut . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 12 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 14 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 15 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 16 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 17 | She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles . |
| 18 | She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside . |
| 19 | She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds . |
| 20 | She looked up at the clear sky . |
| 21 | She looked up at the cloudless sky . |
| 22 | She looked up at the blank expression on Inspector Black 's face , then continued reading , ‘ It 's another match , the profile is almost identical . |
| 23 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 24 | Well , I think you 're you 're putting your finger on the issue that we brought up at the very beginning about this man in the churchyard . |
| 25 | We rolled up at the same time , I on my bike , the Parsons in their BMW . |
| 26 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We were delighted with his debut over fences when he beat Forest Sun in a hot novice contest at Worcester and he followed up at the same course on Wednesday . |
| 29 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 30 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |