Example sentences of "[vb past] up at the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 5 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 6 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 9 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 10 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 11 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 12 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 13 | Tied up at the end and |
| 14 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 15 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |
| 16 | Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man . |
| 17 | She looked up at the ceiling and shivered . |
| 18 | William looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearing four o'clock . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass . |
| 21 | He looked up at the sky and saw two eyes staring at him . |
| 22 | I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground . |
| 23 | He looked up at the sky and the sun blinded him , he looked at the river and the reflections of his disfigurement hurt him . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She looked up at the statue and laughed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Chen looked up at the camera and made the hand sign Liu Chang had taught him . |
| 28 | Graham looked up at the skies and sighed . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |