Example sentences of "[vb past] up at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 2 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 3 | The Mad one turned up at a recent New York gig of fabulous , trendy , baggy-type band with organ , THE CHARLATANS ( UK ) . |
| 4 | On 29 September 1955 , with just a few days of filming to go , Dean turned up at a gay party at Malibu which culminated in a bitchy foray between Dean and a former male lover who accused him of dating women purely for publicity . |
| 5 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 6 | He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route . |
| 7 | Suddenly , he gave a yell , raced furiously ahead and leapt up at an overhanging bough . |
| 8 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
| 9 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
| 10 | Ashley looked up at a grey ball of a cloud which hung directly overhead . |
| 11 | On other occasions a wind suddenly blew from a direction which made recording trains on the climb from Shepton Mallet impossible , or a sudden rain storm blew up at an inopportune moment . |
| 12 | They arrived late at night at the colliery house where Patterson 's parents lived , put up at a nearby hotel and the next day toured the working-men 's clubs before attending the wedding where Norman 's good looks made him the talk of all the women present . |
| 13 | Agnes 's plucked eyebrows shot up at an odd angle . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm a Bank Assistant ’ , was the first thing she said when she stood up at a recent IBOA meeting . |