Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Jackson sat among the people waiting by the arrivals gate and read a journal he 'd picked up at the news-stand . |
| 2 | He passed me a map and a brochure he had picked up at the hotel . |
| 3 | Later , much later , he put the book down , and the cuttings which he had picked up at the end of his reading . |
| 4 | Fee income was still growing — we were very happy with the growth rate and everything was going according to the five-year plan we had drawn up at the time of the merger . |
| 5 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 6 | I had arrived up at the office one morning to relieve Freda from night duty , and found her sitting up there looking pleased with herself and Jim looking solemn . |
| 7 | They had met a few days after Mina had stood up at the end of a recital in the Usher Hall at Edinburgh to announce that she would very much like to stay here in England ( a tiny mistake the Scots reporters had kindly ignored ) rather than return to East Germany . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I got held Up at the office . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I got held up at the office . ’ |