Example sentences of "he [vb past] up at [art] [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 | Anyway he came up to London , she went to London to be a nanny to this woman with three kids like , you know , two babies and a an older one and she said he came up at a time , he said , sorry , you know , got ta finish he 's got this girl pregnant ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The man posed as a gas board official when he turned up at the restaurant in Tarrant Street , Arundel , Sussex . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Watching as he grinned up at the bus driver , said something and laughed , she felt a hollow ache inside . |
| 12 | 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 : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 15 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 16 | He glanced up at the mantel clock , then across at Mrs Burger . |
| 17 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 18 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | He blinked up at the light . |
| 21 | He said softly as he looked up at a gull wheeling above coral roofs : ‘ Perhaps you would care to tell me instead where you have been since yesterday morning , and what has happened to you ? ’ |
| 22 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
| 23 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
| 24 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
| 25 | He looked up at the window of the nearest compartment . |
| 26 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 27 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 28 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Denis made no acknowledgement but before turning away he looked up at the sky , now completely hidden in dark cloud . |