Example sentences of "[verb] up at [noun] by " in BNC.
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1 | Brought up at home by his mother by means of fingerspelling and signs until he was thirteen , George completed his education in an ordinary school without being able to hear what went on . |
2 | A particularly instructive example is not a temple but an exquisite and in part well-preserved little marble building , the treasury set up at Delphi by the islanders of Siphnos . |
3 | HEART-THROB singer Richard Marx was left shaking with fear after being held up at gunpoint by Chinese gangsters . |
4 | Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel . |
5 | A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer . |