Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I gazed up at the building . |
2 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
3 | I woke up at the part where he was telling me it had been a mindless fling , and I should n't get upset over it . |
4 | I turned up at the Comedy Store here in London one night , petrified , because in those days it was a pretty testing place with a drunk , unruly audience . |
5 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
6 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | ‘ I turned up at the party pretty much at the start , I think , around a quarter to nine . |
9 | I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’ |
10 | I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night . |
11 | Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door . |
12 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
13 | I looked up at the building . |
14 | I looked up at the nurse , surprised by my name on a stranger 's lips . |
15 | I looked up at the sun . |
16 | I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass . |
17 | I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground . |
18 | I looked up at the clock . |
19 | As I thought these things , I looked up at the window . |
20 | I looked up at the mountain . |
21 | I looked up at the jumble of rooftops with their abundance of chimney-pots , the florid iron bal-conies at the dormer windows . |
22 | We paralleled Crow Road for a bit , and stopped , waiting for signals , outside Jordanhill station ; I looked up at the rear of the flats which fronted Crow Road , trying to work out which was Janice Rae 's . |
23 | I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me . |
24 | After the excitement died down , and I was being congratulated by my wee brother and the others , I looked up at the Edelmans ' window . |
25 | I queued up at the travel centre to pick up my copy . |
26 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
27 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
28 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
29 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
30 | She squinted up at the sun . |