Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Up front , Ian Corcoran and Gary Isaac showed they had also benefited from the Scottish training , while John Laing and Graham Shepherd cleaned up at the lineout . |
| 62 | Twoflower looked up at the ceiling . |
| 63 | Jonna looked up at the sky , now rapidly darkening . |
| 64 | Lorton looked up at the dock : Dougal was due at nine-thirty , but it was only nine . |
| 65 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 66 | Dada nodded up at the silver horse . |
| 67 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 68 | With a steady breeze blowing , and a blue sky puffed with cotton-wool clouds , a day 's windsurfing would concentrate her mind away from him , blow the shadows away , perhaps , and if by some chance Luke turned up at the club it would be easy enough to avoid him . |
| 69 | But when Bridget turned up at the town 's sorting offices staff told her she was a month too late . |
| 70 | Judith glanced up at the mantelpiece above the range where letters were always left and saw the familiar blue envelope . |
| 71 | Zlorf and Ymor stared up at the figure on the threshold . |
| 72 | Jimmy looked up at the ceiling when he heard it . |
| 73 | Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man . |
| 74 | Alice looked up at the lamp which was like an iron tarantula hanging from its web . |
| 75 | As they lay on the great four poster bed , their bodies entwined , Maude almost lost in Cranston 's great fat folds , Sir John stared up at the ceiling , brushing his wife 's hair with his cheek , listening to her chattering about this and that . |