Example sentences of "up at the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds . |
| 2 | To look up at the towering medieval universe is much more like looking at a great building . |
| 3 | Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost . |
| 4 | She paused and looked up at the small gentle fields for the placid yellow outline of the Jersey cow . |
| 5 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 6 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 7 | Joseph said glancing up at the serious young man . |
| 8 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 9 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |
| 10 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 11 | She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles . |
| 12 | The weatherbeaten old man squinted up at the handsome young giant who stood grinning down at him . |
| 13 | He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him . |
| 14 | She leaned on the files , making her sleeves grey with dust , looking up at the pale blue patches appearing and disappearing above the rooftops outside the window . |
| 15 | He looked up at the pale white sky above the half-ruined trees . |
| 16 | If you have a very active job or tiring journey to work , give up at the statutory 29th week . |
| 17 | Thiercelin glanced up at the ornate gilded clock above the main entrance . |
| 18 | She had to look up at the glittering green eyes ; she could n't help herself ; she had to watch as Fincara stooped down before her , white hands on knees , and sang — |
| 19 | His enthusiasm was infectious , and as Merrill looked up at the lively amber glint in his eyes she could n't suppress a smile . |
| 20 | ‘ Wing , ’ said Angalo , looking up at the feathery grey bodies looming over him . |
| 21 | When finally they rolled apart and lay , hands entwined , staring up at the cloudless blue sky , Cora-Beth 's voice was soft with contentment as she whispered , ‘ You do love me , I know it now ! |
| 22 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 23 | MP Jim Wallace made his appeal for such an inquiry on the floor of the House of Commons ; and when the topic was brought up at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Conference , he was supported by Judy Steel , wife of the former leader of the Liberal Party , and herself one of the first ever Reporters to a Children 's Panel when the system began in 1971 . |
| 24 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 25 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 26 | At nine o'clock , by arrangement , I rang one of my colleagues at the hospital , Dr. J. D. Underwood , about a matter which is coming up at the next medical committee . |
| 27 | At the surface of the milky-looking gas he paused , and looked back up at the three masked faces , conscious all the while of the increasing rhythm of his breathing . |
| 28 | Merrill asked , staring up at the mellowed golden stone of the Elizabethan house , floodlit among its setting of ancient trees . |
| 29 | It was very hot and she lay under the single sheet staring up at the high moonlit ceiling and thinking about T. Buckland Kettering . |
| 30 | Paige blinked up at the furious male figure above her . |