Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expects me to carry on up at the manor as though it 's just another working day. ? |
| 2 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
| 3 | She could hang around up at the Karl Joseph and hope to catch him when he went back after rehearsal , but the same applied — everyone would see her . |
| 4 | Did John Doe do much up at the Tilberthwaite Mines ? |
| 5 | He gestured angrily up at the litter bin . |
| 6 | ‘ If so , perhaps you can tell me what has been going on up at the Hall that has made Miss Hatherby stop your lessons . ’ |
| 7 | He glanced back up at the house , where warm orange light spilled out from the dining room into the grey afternoon . |
| 8 | Rodo glanced confusedly up at the ceiling , half expecting the roof to collapse in on him . |
| 9 | Whereas the West Mainland never goes really up at the end of the sentence or at least not to the same extent . |
| 10 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
| 16 | At the surface of the milky-looking gas he paused , and looked back up at the three masked faces , conscious all the while of the increasing rhythm of his breathing . |
| 17 | Cowley looked back up at the rising heights of St Paul 's . |
| 18 | Spatz looked aside , then looked back up at the Marshal , choosing his words carefully . |
| 19 | Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness . |
| 20 | She looked hastily up at the rising land behind her , saw nobody , and hitched her skirts up to tuck them into her waistband . |
| 21 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Regan gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling , puffing away at his cigar . |
| 28 | Cranston squatted down with his back to the wall , smacked his lips and gazed hungrily up at the hams and other meats hanging from ropes on the rafters to be cured . |