Example sentences of "[vb past] up at [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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1 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
2 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
3 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
4 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
5 | The ballet master Balanchine , for one , showed up at a work-out and gazed in wonder . |
6 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
7 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
8 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
9 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
10 | Tied up at the end and |
11 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |
12 | Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man . |
13 | She looked up at the ceiling and shivered . |
14 | William looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearing four o'clock . |
15 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
16 | I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass . |
17 | He looked up at the sky and saw two eyes staring at him . |
18 | I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground . |
19 | He looked up at the sky and the sun blinded him , he looked at the river and the reflections of his disfigurement hurt him . |
20 | She looked past the strolling holidaymakers at the gaily-painted shops along the front , then looked up at the hillside and , beyond it , the Wall , towering over all . |
21 | She looked up at the statue and laughed . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Chen looked up at the camera and made the hand sign Liu Chang had taught him . |
24 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
25 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
26 | Recognising his friend , Snappy jumped up at the window and barked . |