Example sentences of "[noun sg] up at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivo drew the car up at the front door , she pinned her hopes , rather desperately , she owned , on one very big , important fact . |
| 2 | All right the abbey is in ruins and I doubt whether that impotent old priest up at the Old Rectory has much on offer . |
| 3 | Finally , even if all the factors mentioned so far are not influencing the cat , it may still turn its nose up at a particular dish of food . |
| 4 | Forget it ’ the A A said , ‘ forget it ’ the police said , ‘ forget it ’ , everybody in the town said ‘ forget it , it 's hard enough to walk up ’ and we took the truck up at a bloody run . |
| 5 | The principle horrified hi-fi buffs when it was first announced , because it chopped the sound wave up at an ultrasonic rate and described each ‘ slice ’ as a binary number . |
| 6 | Taking a deep breath , she managed a cool smile up at the enigmatic face above her , and took brutal control of her wayward emotions . |
| 7 | Rodber looked raw while Cusani 's insistance on picking the ball up at every second scrum was one of the main reasons why the North 's centres never made much headway . |
| 8 | The moment for which Archie will always be remembered by Palace fans was when he scored our fourth and conclusive goal after a marvellous run from the centre-circle to defeat the FA Cup-holders , Wolves ( 4–2 ) in a thrilling replay up at the old Crystal Palace in January 1909 . |
| 9 | There are as many people as turn up at an average Sunderland boilermakers branch meeting . |
| 10 | Despite Austen 's soothing reply , Salvidge took the matter up at the next meeting of the Executive , when he demanded whether or not Leith had been satisfied with Austen 's reply . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm leaving a picture of my mother up at the front door with a notice saying this woman is not allowed into the theatre , ’ says Margi . |
| 12 | I dipped my head and brought the gun up at the same time without thinking . |
| 13 | ‘ The rich man in his castle , ’ ! that 's Mr Harker and his family up at the big house … ’ |