Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gritted his teeth against the shame that welled up at the thought of what he 'd let happen to her , then met her eyes again , smiling . |
| 2 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 3 | The words of Chris Bott , anarchist or , more politely , ‘ libertarian left ’ , as laid out in giant 36-point type and printed in lurid blue on a red background on the cover of Ink , one of the crop of underground papers that sprang up at the end of the 1960s . |
| 4 | This jerk kept the pram moving over the few inches between the foot of the gentle slope and the beginning of the steep grassy bank that ended up at the road . |
| 5 | Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier . |
| 6 | She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill . |
| 7 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 8 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 9 | She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging . |
| 10 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 11 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 12 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 13 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 14 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 15 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 16 | Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock . |
| 17 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 18 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 19 | Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows . |
| 20 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 21 | ‘ They started at L'Escargot , went on to Annabel 's , then Crazy Larry 's , then L'Equipe Anglaise and finished up at the Chelsea Arts Club . |
| 22 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
| 23 | Laidlaw drove past it and pulled up at the end of the dirt road . |
| 24 | She lay in Charlotte 's bed and looked up at the ceiling that Charlotte had festooned with shawls and old curtains and Indian bedspreads ( there was a definite small weight in one of those hammocks : what lay there ? |
| 25 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 26 | She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling . |
| 27 | And if things did n't go well : fifty four months , two hundred and thirty — Marcus lay on the bunk and looked up at the sag that was Pete . |
| 28 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
| 29 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 30 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |