Example sentences of "[v-ing] up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 2 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 3 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 4 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 5 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 6 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 7 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 8 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 9 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |
| 10 | Tom opened the sitting-room door and the silence was broken by Sammy as he came bounding out , leaping up at the pair of them barking excitedly . |
| 11 | ‘ The C & D category societies ( the smallest ) have picked up a lot of savings business by offering high interest rates , but that money has to be lent out and the sort of mortgage business they have been picking up at the rates they charge looks very doubtful to me . |
| 12 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 13 | Oh yes Jamie 's picking up at the weekend , that 's right . |
| 14 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 15 | Twenty four year old builder Ian Baxter , from Tilehurst in Reading , threatened to slice up the driver of a petrol tanker with a builder 's grinder when prevented from filling up at the Blewberry Service Station in Oxfordshire ; he hit the driver with the grinder , knocking out two of his teeth . |
| 16 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 17 | They 're looking up at the sign board , and holding each other 's hand . |
| 18 | But Professor Avenarius was late , and I kept watching the woman ; she was alone at the pool , standing waist-deep in the water , and she kept looking up at the young lifeguard in sweatpants who was teaching her to swim . |
| 19 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 20 | I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky . |
| 21 | Another man would have gone away , would have pretended we were not there , would have stood looking up at the wall-plaques and the windows until we had gone safely away . |
| 22 | She shot off looking up at the plane , underneath the tail and far wing and back again . |
| 23 | He smiled as the life went out in him , looking up at the already transparent Monster . |
| 24 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
| 25 | When he saw me looking out of the window he smiled , and , looking up at the sun , said : |
| 26 | Father Kinsella stood in the open doorway , looking up at the sky . |
| 27 | ‘ There is another unicorn , ’ he said , looking up at the Trapper . |
| 28 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 29 | Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers . |
| 30 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |