Example sentences of "[vb past] up at [noun] and [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 2 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 3 | He looked up at Rincewind and grinned . |
| 4 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 5 | At intervals he looked up at Cornelius and shook his head doubtfully . |
| 6 | Anders looked up at Nina and laughed . |
| 7 | The dog , a beautiful Airedale , looked up at Breeze and wagged his tail . |
| 8 | She looked up at Carrie and smiled . |
| 9 | Then he looked up at Rostov and saluted . |
| 10 | And I looked up at Dave and said here Dave and he said what ? |
| 11 | Last night Swindon Town slipped up at Tranmere and lost three-one . |