Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Miss Honey stood up at once . |
| 4 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 5 | When taxi driver Sabir Khan pulled up at Aylesbury railway station he thought he was picking up just another ordinary passenger . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the infinitely more cred KEN LIVINGSTONE cropped up at the Africa Centre for SUEDE 's sweaty showcase . |
| 7 | Little Lisa Hammond looked up at her mum Janet with hopelessness in her eyes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ALAN Ball piped up at Richmond Town FC 's annual extravaganza on Friday evening , standing on a chair so as to be both seen and heard . |
| 10 | Mick Jagger turned up at his daughter 's art exhibition in a beautifully cut silk jacket . |
| 11 | Li Shai Tung looked up at him and shook his head . |
| 12 | Li Shai Tung looked up at him , his face suddenly hawk-like , his eyes fiercer than before . |
| 13 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 14 | Sister Dew smiled up at Mark , for she was a little dumpy woman . |
| 15 | During the same period Mr Benson got up at nine , read his mail , started his office work at ten , and worked through till lunch at one . |
| 16 | Sir Gerard looked up at the sky . |
| 17 | The popular four-piece group Starz split up at the beginning of the year . |
| 18 | Mr Darling looked up at Susan . |
| 19 | Up front , Ian Corcoran and Gary Isaac showed they had also benefited from the Scottish training , while John Laing and Graham Shepherd cleaned up at the lineout . |
| 20 | He expected Mr Major to turn up at another party on Thursday night — even sneering : ‘ This is the vomit party , tomorrow 's is the cream ’ — but the Premier was flying across the Atlantic for a high-profile visit to Canadian leader Brian Mulroney . |
| 21 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |
| 22 | As they lay on the great four poster bed , their bodies entwined , Maude almost lost in Cranston 's great fat folds , Sir John stared up at the ceiling , brushing his wife 's hair with his cheek , listening to her chattering about this and that . |
| 23 | Tom Russell glanced up at her quickly , surprise , relief and approval clearly visible in those symmetrically drawn features . |
| 24 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 25 | The next day Modigliani turned up at Lipchitz 's studio and made a number of preliminary drawings of Lipchitz and his wife with speed and precision . |
| 26 | It begins with Septimus Honeydew waking up at three in the morning and trotting off to Mum and Dad 's room . |
| 27 | That their friendship endured explains why next day Seth showed up at his old friend 's house , grinning , freshly showered and dressed , barely able to stand . |
| 28 | With a steady breeze blowing , and a blue sky puffed with cotton-wool clouds , a day 's windsurfing would concentrate her mind away from him , blow the shadows away , perhaps , and if by some chance Luke turned up at the club it would be easy enough to avoid him . |
| 29 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 30 | 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 . |