Example sentences of "[adv] up at the " in BNC.
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1 | He crowed suddenly up at the drawings tacked on the wall , then at other times was perfectly quiet and lovely , just looking at things , motes of light , bits of fluff , a pencil . |
2 | Did John Doe do much up at the Tilberthwaite Mines ? |
3 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
4 | The next morning , he laced up his walking boots while Detective Furness , squinting doubtfully up at the cloudy sky , telephoned the mountain rescue post on the other side of the peak to advise the guide of their intentions . |
5 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
6 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
7 | Her parents were always up at the front . |
8 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
9 | Key good so we 'll put that right up at the top . |
10 | I 'll show you a photo here in the water right up at the c the cathedral . |
11 | ‘ Rotherham are right up at the top of the table and they are there on merit . |
12 | Oh you should n't do it right up at the top . |
13 | right up at the side of you ? |
14 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |
15 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
16 | She was lying stretched out , her head against a pillow of lichen-covered stone , her eyes staring straight up at the incredible blue of the sky . |
17 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Mr Wopsle went in to discover what was happening , and after a few minutes rushed out , calling , ‘ Something wrong up at the forge , Pip ! |
20 | I like it because it 's old , and grey , and dark , and yet I hate — ’ He did not finish what he was saying , staring angrily up at the windows on the top floor of his house . |
21 | He gestured angrily up at the litter bin . |
22 | ‘ Black people are really up at the moment . |
23 | Whereas the West Mainland never goes really up at the end of the sentence or at least not to the same extent . |
24 | Rodo glanced confusedly up at the ceiling , half expecting the roof to collapse in on him . |
25 | More like an amphitheatre , with rows of seats in semicircles high up at the back . |
26 | Bob lay in bed gazing vaguely up at the ceiling , which was glowing red in the light from the gas-fire , not entirely sure whether he was awake or asleep . |
27 | then up at the hard , lean body in front of him . |
28 | He looked at the still slightly smoking hole in the couch , just beside where he 'd sat , then up at the holes in the ceiling . |
29 | Mrs Gray looked away and then up at the portrait on the mantel shelf . |
30 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |