Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 2 | I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night . |
| 3 | She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face . |
| 4 | Paul , you looked up at the times . |
| 5 | It was dark when they got outside , and , walking silently beside him , she stared up at the stars , and gave an unconscious little sigh . |
| 6 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 7 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 8 | She looked up at the advertisements above the windows . |
| 9 | As we pulled up at the lights , he leaped out , kicked the wheel cap back into place , grinned and said , ‘ Thanks , it happens about every two years or so , ’ got back in his car , then signalled equally wildly for me to wind down my window . |
| 10 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 11 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 12 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 13 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 14 | He looked up at the clouds . |
| 15 | He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west . |
| 16 | He looked up at the windows of the house . |
| 17 | He looked up at the stairs . |
| 18 | He looked up at the newcomers outlined against the bright light of the street . |
| 19 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 20 | He stared up at the shelves above him . |
| 21 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |