Example sentences of "[adv] up at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his high-rise office Carson looked out over the roofs of Rome , then at the colonel across the desk , then finally up at Hawkins . |
| 2 | Vivien had some friends still up at Oxford and had arranged to meet them for lunch at the Randolph Hotel . |
| 3 | She says he was still up at quarter past and did n't get up for work until seven this morning , that 's what he said in note anyway , summat about he did n't fetch her a cup of tea up this morning cos he did n't get up till seven . |
| 4 | He cranes hopefully up at windows , to demonstrate that you can see the sky if you lean far enough back , and shows Dr Serafin how there is lavatory accommodation available in the basement , only three floors down . |
| 5 | He sat down on a hard kitchen chair and stared hopefully up at Coffin . |
| 6 | What about the all the cars all parked round corners everywhere like up at Havers . |
| 7 | Her eyes looked pleadingly up at Lewis . |
| 8 | He lives somewhere up at Keele but |
| 9 | He was on the police about three years , mostly up at Turkey Creek and Whiteriver . |
| 10 | The man on the stage raised an accusing finger and pointed right up at Lucien . |
| 11 | When Oz found the note , we reckoned it might be — it might mean — ’ She doubled her fists and looked frantically up at Mr Hollins . |
| 12 | Her milky eyes grinned slyly up at Athelstan . |
| 13 | In the year to January , sales were down 6 p.c. but this was offset by a 47 p.c. jump in exports leaving group sales slightly up at £24.9m . |
| 14 | He felt for her life signs , then looked angrily up at Sheldukher . |
| 15 | Kathleen glanced sharply up at Mick . |
| 16 | Although interest charges were sharply up at £386,000 , smaller acquisitions to enlarge the network can easily be financed by the high cash flow . |
| 17 | I looked back up at Conchis 's face ; and knew I was right . |
| 18 | John : You have n't got teachers — they ai n't up at football . |
| 19 | She glanced coldly up at Guy , very conscious of her swollen eyes and shattered poise . |
| 20 | The dodo lives — and so , thanks to somebody high up at Telecom Tower and to Richard Phillips , would our ‘ antiquated ’ ads . |
| 21 | I think the Danuese battalions were the idea of someone high up at home and they did n't wish to offend him by indicating that his brainchild was , as Mr Burnett would have said , a white elephant . |
| 22 | And then up at Gleneagles we have a pro-am celebrity golf tournament and that 's in conjunction with a dinner and a fashion show and yet again the interesting thing is that the Scottish P G A is actually going to run the golf tournament for us so that 's a great scoop . |
| 23 | Doyle looked at his watch and then up at Tug . |
| 24 | The wind was blowing in their faces , the odds were against them too up at Orrell , but the Cherry and Whites are at last beginning to stir . |