Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 3 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 4 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 5 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 6 | Maxham stared up at the ceiling . |
| 7 | As we entered the kitchen Pat looked up at the roof and the large gaping hole caused by a shell that had passed through two floors then smashed through the kitchen door , ending up in the garden . |
| 8 | Meredith queued up at the till , studying the amount on the bill , and automatically checked what he 'd given her while she was waiting . |
| 9 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 10 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 11 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 12 | Curtis squinted up at the sheriff through the curling smoke of the cigarette he had just lit . |
| 13 | Rincewind squinted up at the sword . |
| 14 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |
| 15 | Riven stared up at the Manse with its flapping pennants . |
| 16 | Sir Gerard looked up at the sky . |
| 17 | Kebbel stared up at the ceiling . |
| 18 | Sharpe looked up at the weathercock on the stable roof and saw the wind had backed southerly . |
| 19 | Chen looked up at the camera and made the hand sign Liu Chang had taught him . |
| 20 | Lord Christopher looked up at the château again . |
| 21 | Carol looked up at the weathercock as the car drew up at her house in the cobbled square . |
| 22 | It was n't until Ronni stood up at the shore 's edge that she saw Guido standing watching her , bare feet planted in the sand . |
| 23 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 24 | Ms Daniels turned up at the Vines Hotel , Lime Street in regal robes leading the Peter Walker shire horses Majestic and Surprise . |
| 25 | Rory looked up at the ceiling . |
| 26 | Graham looked up at the skies and sighed . |
| 27 | Jessica glanced up at the sky . |
| 28 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 29 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 30 | Vitor frowned up at the scattering of cloud which had appeared in the clear blue sky . |