Example sentences of "[verb] up at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the train travel fast , it spread fast and soon the world was opening up at a pace not previously imagined . |
| 2 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 3 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 4 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 5 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 6 | The cab drew up at the kerb . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 11 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 12 | A mortuary van drew up at the end of the bridge , and two men , carrying a stretcher , came down the steps . |
| 13 | Most of them correspond with the list your boys drew up at the UN . |
| 14 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 15 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 16 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 17 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 18 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 19 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 20 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 29 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 30 | 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 . |