Example sentences of "he [vb past] up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that when he got up at the end of the meal , his head nearly touched the ceiling , and , as usual , the rising to his feet was undertaken by means of the silent swivel-mechanism . |
| 2 | He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak . |
| 3 | I stole a look at Conchis as he gazed up at the picture ; he had , by no other logic than that of cultural snobbery , gained a whole new dimension of respectability for me , and I began to feel much less sure of his eccentricity and his phoniness , of my own superiority in the matter of what life was really about . |
| 4 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 5 | I said well he reckons it does , he says when he filled up at the garage it were full , he says we had n't got back and it was between the half and three quarters , I said oh I never looked at it |
| 6 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 7 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 8 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 9 | Watching as he grinned up at the bus driver , said something and laughed , she felt a hollow ache inside . |
| 10 | He and Sergeant Robins had obviously tried each other 's patience to the limits , but he cheered up at the sight of Dalgliesh and enquired with childish belligerence : |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 13 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 14 | He glanced up at the mantel clock , then across at Mrs Burger . |
| 15 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 16 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 17 | He took command three from home and won by ten lengths , but Davies , with a typical wisecrack at trainer Gardie Grissell , exclaimed : ‘ I thought you could train — he blew up at the water . ’ |
| 18 | He blinked up at the light . |
| 19 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
| 20 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
| 21 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
| 22 | He looked up at the window of the nearest compartment . |
| 23 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 24 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 25 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Denis made no acknowledgement but before turning away he looked up at the sky , now completely hidden in dark cloud . |
| 28 | Then he looked up at the sky , and saw the plane just before it went behind a cloud on its way to Port au Prince airport . |
| 29 | He looked up at the sky , above the blocks and squat towers of the medium-rise office blocks , and smiled at its blue , city-grimed segmentings . |
| 30 | He looked up at the sky and saw two eyes staring at him . |