Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |
| 32 | Mahmoud looked up at the cook . |
| 33 | Grimly , Delaney looked up at the sky . |
| 34 | Holding her , Anna looked up at the others . |
| 35 | Willie looked up at the shadow that the man 's body was casting across her face . |
| 36 | The popular four-piece group Starz split up at the beginning of the year . |
| 37 | Vincent stood up at the back of the room and walked modestly along the wall to the platform . |
| 38 | Recognising his friend , Snappy jumped up at the window and barked . |
| 39 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 40 | Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room . |
| 41 | Theodora glanced up at the gallery above them and the blue and white fan tracery which arched over it . |
| 42 | Masie looked up at the smoke belching from the red funnel . |
| 43 | With the silky cover beneath her back , Virginia blinked up at the dark , muscular man above her . |
| 44 | Marcus blinked up at the screw . |
| 45 | William looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearing four o'clock . |
| 46 | Alexandra stared up at the piece of mural nearest her , which showed a rocky little headland , some twisted pines , a stretch of white sand lapped by azure waves . |
| 47 | With staring , dilated eyes , Kelly looked up at the man who held her . |
| 48 | Nathan squinted up at the masthead , then gazed into his coffee-mug . |
| 49 | It was the next day that Lewis turned up at the door of the workshop his tools in a bag and his leather apron over his arm . |
| 50 | Peter looked up at the archway which reached a peak just above the level of the garage roofs . |
| 51 | Christina looked up at the sky which was an ominous navy blue . |
| 52 | Tommy looked up at the pyramid , then out towards the ocean . |
| 53 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 54 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 55 | Switching off , Dalgliesh looked up at the oil portrait of his maternal great-grandfather , the Victorian bishop , robed but unmitred , his arms in their billowing lawn sleeves confidently resting on the arms of the chair . |
| 56 | Meanwhile , the infinitely more cred KEN LIVINGSTONE cropped up at the Africa Centre for SUEDE 's sweaty showcase . |
| 57 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 58 | It just so happened that Mandy turned up at the afternoon surgery . |
| 59 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 60 | Susan looked up at the view , where Gloria Grahame was taking a pot of hot coffee full in the face in The Big Heat . |