Example sentences of "up at the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fathers looked up at the uniform ceiling of grey cloud and decided to put on tweed caps instead of Panamas . |
| 2 | I normally throw up at the mere mention of footy management , but Soccer Rivals is darn good . |
| 3 | She flashed green eyes , glaring up at the vague outline of his face with annoyance . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm leaving a picture of my mother up at the front door with a notice saying this woman is not allowed into the theatre , ’ says Margi . |
| 5 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 6 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
| 7 | points up at the low ceiling with a cry : |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 11 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |
| 12 | He stretched , cracking muscles , and looked up at the small window above the high altar , pleased to see it would be a fair day . |
| 13 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 14 | The winning team is the one which has all its frogs lined up at the other end of the room . |
| 15 | She wanted to spend as much time as possible with them and ended up at the other end of the plane . ’ |
| 16 | By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun . |
| 17 | They are encouraged to speak up at the regular meetings for care assistants , which are held three times a week . |
| 18 | I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now . |
| 19 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 20 | I lie on my back and look up at the eternal sweep of marble skies . |
| 21 | Neighbours looked up at the dark windows at night and wondered what could be hidden there , under dust sheets . |
| 22 | Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal . |
| 23 | Mark looked up at the tiny speck in the stratosphere and imagined he could hear the air hostess requesting passengers to fasten their seat belts . |
| 24 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 25 | The dog whined and squirmed with pleasure , jumping up at the two women in turn . |
| 26 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 27 | As the sun begins to set , I drive along Vermont gazing up at the eerie silhouettes of young Korean men armed with M-16s , machine pistols and infra-red binoculars . |
| 28 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 29 | The course content was broadly along the lines first recommended in 1981 by the Working Party on Minority Community Languages in School , set up at the Second Assembly of the National Congress on Languages in Education : the fourth volume of NCLE Papers and Reports available from the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and research ( 1984 ) reproduces the proposal in full . |
| 30 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |