Example sentences of "up at the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No no no no there was nobody , now er probably up at the top of Gallway there though one or two would have er stables I should think , one or two of those houses , but by and large no I should n't think so . |
| 2 | The wind was strengthening in their faces , and more than one man looked up at the sky in puzzlement . |
| 3 | In 1713 , at the election for the City of London ( where the franchise was vested in the liverymen ) , " a great Mob of Weavers and such people " ( who were presumably not enfranchised ) turned up at the Guildhall in support of the Whigs , and " made a disturbance and caus 'd much fighting and quarrelling " , although the four Tory candidates eventually carried the day , " notwithstanding the Rabble " . |
| 4 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 5 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
| 6 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 7 | Choke up at The Price Of Fame : ‘ I give ‘ em everything and they stick a knife in my back . ’ |
| 8 | Research sections have been set up at the Institutes of Education in Kenya and Sierra Leone and there have been important regional conferences on educational evaluation ( at Dar es Salaam in April 1975 ) and on the growth of scientific and mathematical concepts in East African children ( Nairobi , September 1974 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't take your friend 's dog out but you can get up at the crack of dawn to set your hair . ’ |
| 10 | You did n't have to get up at the crack of dawn to work out yardages . |
| 11 | I 'm up at the crack of dawn every mornin' milkin' the cows , attendin' to the poultry , sowin' , reapin' . |
| 12 | He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway . |
| 13 | If you take advantage of our superb offer , you wo n't have to get up at the crack of dawn and drag your clubs in and out of the car boot . |
| 14 | Today she was up at the crack of dawn , 4.30 , to make breakfast for her man friend . |
| 15 | ‘ No doubt Emily will be up at the crack of dawn , all geared up and ready to go . |
| 16 | GOSPEL singer Michael Card will play the Assembly Hall in Belfast tonight — and still be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to dash up the Antrim Coast for the North West 200 . |
| 17 | ‘ You know that the twins always seem to get up at the crack of dawn . |
| 18 | Vitor frowned up at the scattering of cloud which had appeared in the clear blue sky . |
| 19 | Alexandra stared up at the piece of mural nearest her , which showed a rocky little headland , some twisted pines , a stretch of white sand lapped by azure waves . |
| 20 | When she got to the little clearing she halted , seeing Léonie there on her knees , looking up at the outcrop of rock . |
| 21 | They sobered up at the graveside in anticipation of the encounter of Jennie and Mary but it was not as hostile as they expected . |
| 22 | It was set up at the outbreak of war , when the British wanted to explain events to the African population in East Africa , and became self-supporting within two years . |
| 23 | A specimen fixed 24h after wounding , showing the large concentration of F-actin in the epidermal cells piled up at the site of wound closure ( see also Fig. 1 f ) . |
| 24 | Laughton was sent , against his wishes , to study the hotel trade at Claridge 's in London before being called up at the end of World War I ; he was rapidly invalided out of the army after being gassed on the western front in 1918 . |
| 25 | And the same idea pops up at the end of chapter 2 , where Paul describes God 's building project , His church . |
| 26 | The public consultations on options for the Ipswich northern bypass is being lined up at the moment at office level for mid nineteen ninety three , there 's still quite a bit of work associated with the preparation for that preliminaries that you see , but a more measurable benefit I think Chairman is er that the , that before there is a recommendation that the threat of widening |
| 27 | I turned to share the wonder of it , but she was gazing up at the bloom of flame surging from the chimney 's mouth , and beyond where the evening-star glittered against the deepening blue sky . |
| 28 | We stocked up at the hypermarket on coffee and beer at less than half English prices . |
| 29 | As Britain 's biggest book printer , his eyes light up at the mention of Labour 's proposals for an extra £10 per primary school child for books . |