Example sentences of "he [vb past] up at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 2 | Graham Fowler made it a double when he teamed up at the last minute with Chris Schaefer from Tennis World and in see-saw men 's double final the Tennis World pair of Ben O'Connor and Peter Ford . |
| 3 | We were delighted with his debut over fences when he beat Forest Sun in a hot novice contest at Worcester and he followed up at the same course on Wednesday . |
| 4 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 5 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |
| 6 | Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’ |
| 7 | He looked up at the half-moon . |
| 8 | And then he looked up at the front window . |
| 9 | Then he looked up at the black smoke which came from the Forfarshire 's funnel . |
| 10 | He looked up at the lined , seamed face of the rat-catcher , framed by his black , tarry leather hood . |
| 11 | Then he looked up at the new young golden eagle who had been available under special government licence and brought in as her replacement . |
| 12 | He looked up at the great tower soaring above him . |
| 13 | Detective Inspector Frank Gregson tapped agitatedly on the steering wheel as he looked up at the red light , waiting for it to change . |
| 14 | He looked up at the pale white sky above the half-ruined trees . |
| 15 | A smell of new shoes from another workshop wafted around him as he looked up at the old , stopped clock jutting out , two-faced , over the pavement from the first floor of the workshop , hands frozen at twenty-past-two ( he glanced at his watch ; it was actually 3:49 ) . |
| 16 | He looked up at the clearing sky , darkening now into dusk . |
| 17 | He looked up at the white tower . |
| 18 | He looked up at the formidable stone keep of Gloucester Castle towering three storeys above him and wondered if there was danger within , although his task was straightforward enough . |
| 19 | He stared up at the starlit sky and shivered , not only from the biting cold but his own sombre fear of what might await him . |
| 20 | He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him . |
| 21 | He stared up at the grey shapes bobbing out in the lagoon . |
| 22 | Athelstan went into the nave and sat at the base of a pillar , legs crossed , whilst he stared up at the high altar behind the rood screen . |
| 23 | He stared up at the taped and blackened windows passing slowly on either side . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know what , ’ replied Mr. Gordon , looking grave as he stared up at the circling plane . |
| 25 | He stood up at the same time as she did , and caught her as she made for the door . |