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Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] up at " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She suddenly looked up at him with a slight smile , very bitter .
2	She suddenly smiled up at him .
3	Well ? ’ he insisted , when Robyn only glared up at him .
4	The towns which thus sprung up at some railway centres are examples of the way in which individuality was lost , and lately the housing estate has spread a new uniformity even more widely over the country .
5	He bearded Jean-Paul when his brother finally got up at about eleven in the morning .
6	Hilda , deep in her reading , nevertheless perked up at this and shot a sharp glance in Mr Kronweiser 's direction .
7	Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask .
8	When she just looked up at him he cupped her face in his hand .
9	She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water .
10	‘ Oh , yes , ’ she quickly woke up at his reminder .
11	It always came up at the very worst of times .
12	‘ Prof ’ Francis always turned up at celebrity concerts and was often able to slip into an empty seat at intermission .
13	He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses .
14	She never ever turned up at anything
15	Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door .
16	He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route .
17	But although he looked down on Nuri he also looked up at him , and because of that Nuri had a unique ability to touch Mahmoud on the raw .
18	When he slept with Beatrice at No. 53 Boulevard Montparnasse , he often turned up at Indenbaum 's next morning , still in a euphoric state from the after-effects of a drug , almost certainly hashish .
19	Of the children , only Emma really grew up at Rhydoldog , although the others came back at weekends .
20	He let them pass , acknowledged them barely , made the faint pretence that he had chosen this path by chance for a late afternoon walk , even gazed up at Skiddaw , and their gurgled laughter mixed in with his own longing for the gurgling of their necks to gape blood .
21	The flat was owned by Mick 's grandmother , who regularly turned up at Clash gigs .
22	He even looked up at Magee , who merely ignored the little man and walked on , hands still dug deep into his pockets .
23	He slept immediately and deeply , and then got up at six a.m. to turn the television on and make the tea ready for when the man he lived with got in from work .
24	I went to bed at eight and then woke up at nine .
25	Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom .
26	He looked the two horses over , then glanced up at Kelly .
27	He scooped the dice into their unusual box , and then glanced up at her .
28	As Kirsty scampered towards him , Jake laid down his newspaper , kissed her on the cheek , then glanced up at Shiona .
29	He looked briefly down at his plate , which had just arrived bearing succulent-looking food and wafting a tempting aroma , then glanced up at her again .
30	Evelyn took up the pen and wrote her name quickly , then looked up at Miss Harker who gave her the briefest of nods and immediately turned her attention back to the rest of the company .