Example sentences of "[vb past] up at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 2 | Donald McCulloch came back from ‘ the reel of Ballechin' long after his mother , and when he got up at last next morning , the cold porridge had been thrown out to the hens . |
| 3 | Thomas got up at last from his new place in the middle of the table , which he had quite liked because it had leg access to a rung where he could wriggle his feet when he was bored . |
| 4 | He got up at last and stared out of the window at the empty road and the gravel pits , grey in the dawn light . |
| 5 | ‘ But why ? ’ asked the Ambassador when he looked up at last . |
| 6 | When I looked up at last , it was to see the near cliffs bright with the afternoon sun , and the sea creaming calmly against the storm beach in the gentlest of high tides . |
| 7 | The blond man looked up at last — and his eyes latched on to Cardiff . |
| 8 | Penry made several attempts to break it , but gave up at last , his face like thunder as he drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death . |