Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He thinks I 'm his mother ’ she said blissfully , as Patrick gazed up at her from her lap — dolls will never be quite the same again . |
| 2 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 4 | Nothing changes , I 'm sitting in the stalls of the London Palladium gazing up at Tom Jones ' loud American-checked crutch . |
| 5 | Rex gazed up at him . |
| 6 | Lucy gazed up at him . |
| 7 | Andy looks up at John . |
| 8 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 9 | Ari squinted up at him , still nestled against his chest . |
| 10 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 11 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 12 | Travis frowned up at her for a second , then took a quick look around and nodded . |
| 13 | Tommy Wright fetched up at Oldham for £80,000 . |
| 14 | Clements turned up at 3.55 . |
| 15 | Britta glanced up at Lacuna . |
| 16 | As he rose to his feet , Shiona glanced up at him . |
| 17 | Shiona glanced up at him , at the head of thick hair , so dark and glossy against the creamy pillow , at the sculpted curved nose , the wide , mobile mouth and those eyes of deepest darkest sapphire . |
| 18 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 19 | Jorge grinned up at Mitch with some relief . |
| 20 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 21 | Lucy leapt up at once . |
| 22 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 23 | Many 's the time Mary has seen litters of Yorkshire Terriers and Bichon Frise crated up at Plymouth railway station — puppies from farms being shipped to France , and an uncertain fate . |
| 24 | Maxham stared up at the ceiling . |
| 25 | Ari looked up at this prompt . |
| 26 | As we entered the kitchen Pat looked up at the roof and the large gaping hole caused by a shell that had passed through two floors then smashed through the kitchen door , ending up in the garden . |
| 27 | Maisie looked up at him , skilled , as ever , in the ways of dutiful daughters . |
| 28 | Ann looked up at him . |
| 29 | Scott looked up at him and motioned towards the policeman . |
| 30 | Once , his bishop slaughtered in an exchange of pieces , Dr Neil looked up at her and said , ‘ It 's a good thing that the Master did n't underestimate you overmuch , McAllister . |