Example sentences of "[vb base] up at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the flow becomes established , in fact , piles of solid lumps of lava build up at the sides of the flow , and help to confine it to its course . |
| 2 | 5.17 Yield up At the expiration of the Term : |
| 3 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 4 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 5 | Before leaving Malostranské náměstí , look up at the tower of the Church of St Nicholas . |
| 6 | Choke up at The Price Of Fame : ‘ I give ‘ em everything and they stick a knife in my back . ’ |
| 7 | They set up at the foot of the first escalator . |
| 8 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 9 | Every night a vila — a wicked fairy who lived in the clouds and mist up at the top of the mountain-caused the whole hillside to tremble and heave so that the walls fell down , the stones fell apart , and all their work was to do again . |
| 10 | well they go up at the side of it and down behind it |
| 11 | Uncle Buck is the obvious example , but the same can be said about brat pack action movies like Young Guns , family comedies like Parenthood , even blockbuster action like The Abyss double recommended as a trailer because you do n't have to put up with those awful cute aliens that turn up at the end of the film . |
| 12 | They were still within the normal range of intelligence , however , and some babies born as much as 12 weeks early end up at the top of the class 10 years later , according to findings announced by Dr Leonora Harding , of Aberdeen University , to the British Psychological Society . |
| 13 | Instead of dressing warmly for the elements , the bikers end up at the summit of popular hills dressed like Paul Weller in a Style Council video . |
| 14 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 15 | My eyes light up at the sight of her even though she 's hitting me about the head , so to speak . |
| 16 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |
| 17 | In the second part of his autobiography Ways of Escape , Graham Greene writes of an earlier period , ‘ … in Indo-China I drained a magic potion , a loving-cup which I have shared since with many retired colonels and officers of the Foreign Legion whose eyes light up at the mention of Saigon and Hanoi ’ . |
| 18 | TIES emblazoned with Santas and Rudolphs with red noses that light up at the touch of a button and seductive pictures of Marilyn Monroe are all part of Tie Rack 's campaign strategy for Christmas . |
| 19 | As I pull up at the back of the hotel Mr Shah is waiting with a folder full ; his expression , although friendly , contains around his mouth a little reproach that I should have been away from the action for so long . |
| 20 | We pull up at the door of the drum player 's house in a middle-class suburb of La Paz . |