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 | A second night jar started up at a few yards distant . |
8 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
9 | Ashley looked up at a grey ball of a cloud which hung directly overhead . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ I 'm a Bank Assistant ’ , was the first thing she said when she stood up at a recent IBOA meeting . |