Example sentences of "[vb past] up at the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 2 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 3 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 4 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 5 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 6 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 7 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 8 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 9 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
| 10 | He stared up at the shelves above him . |
| 11 | He looked up at the windows of the house . |
| 12 | Shaking the water from her matted hair and sodden white lab coat while drawing a series of relieved gulps of air , the woman looked up at the Marines with a weak smile . |
| 13 | She looked up at the advertisements above the windows . |
| 14 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 15 | But now … hands and handkerchiefs and newspapers waved from every window of the train , and smiling faces looked up at the children on the fence . |
| 16 | Bellybutton , painting his delicate silver star , laughed up at the twins with his discoloured teeth , while McIllvanney leered at them from his office window . |