Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come . |
| 2 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I kept looking up at the Royal Box and thinking , ‘ Stevie Foster would have stood there . ’ ’ |
| 5 | He cleared his throat once more and resumed staring up at the ceiling . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She said she wanted Timothy Gedge to stop looking up at the windows of the house . |
| 8 | Joseph said glancing up at the serious young man . |
| 9 | By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 11 | Leonora jumped out , stood looking up at the house for a few moments more , then ran up the steps to ring the doorbell , laughter bubbling up inside as she anticipated Penry 's surprise at the sight of her . |