Example sentences of "[verb] up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 2 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 3 | The cab drew up at the kerb . |
| 4 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 5 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 6 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 7 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 8 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 9 | A mortuary van drew up at the end of the bridge , and two men , carrying a stretcher , came down the steps . |
| 10 | Most of them correspond with the list your boys drew up at the UN . |
| 11 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 12 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 13 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 14 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 15 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 16 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 20 | And so we 're able to , to , once we 've found which birds er have arrived , picked a nest and er have laid eggs , we put a careful watch on them and then we 're able to tot up at the end of the breeding season , how many young have actually fledged . |
| 21 | Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front . |
| 22 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 23 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 24 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 25 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 26 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 27 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 28 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 29 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 30 | In silence we worked , completely indifferent to the freezing cold , as the pile built up at the side of the house . |