Example sentences of "[verb] up at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window .
2 Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep .
3 The cop peered up at the towering fire escape for several seconds , then , satisfied it was deserted , he walked across the alley to the opposite wall .
4 He 'd looked up at the great thing dropping out of the sky right towards his head , and had flung himself down , expecting at any second to become just a little greasy mark in a great big hole .
5 Noreen suddenly looked up at the Italian woman .
6 She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew .
7 Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years .
8 An emissary from London to St Petersburg was picked up at the imperial frontier and a large number of compromising letters fell into the hands of tsarist investigators .
9 The phone was picked up at the other end and Charles pressed his two p into the coinbox .
10 Well you 've got another two or three hours on the journey , but having said tha well if you get picked up at the other end it 's not too bad .
11 Of the 34 recurrent duodenal ulcers detected , 23 ( 68% ) occurred in patients taking placebo , most recurrences being picked up at the scheduled 4 , 8 , and 12 month endoscopies ( 15/23 placebo , 7/11 cisapride ) .
12 David Ormerod , a geology lecturer at the Open University , has been held in Oradea , Romania , for the past three days , after being picked up at the main crossing point into Hungary .
13 ‘ But my advice is not to panic and to wait and see how many tickets can be picked up at the last minute . ’
14 One looks up at the cheery advertisement that reads ‘ Lonely ?
15 She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture .
16 John looks up at the grey eyes so far away .
17 Carmichael glances up at the grubby banner , and he shrugs .
18 This lunchtime we 're missing a Co-op beer-tasting and nosh up at the excellent Dragon House Chinese restaurant in Newcastle these politicians have much for which to answer .
19 Yet , when the think-tank was wound up at the first Cabinet meeting after the 1983 general election , not a single minister spoke up in its defence .
20 I expect I woke up at the wrong time .
21 In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time .
22 ‘ A couple of years ago the kids who had been on the trip from Bawnmore just turned up at the self-help group premises and wanted to see the friends they had made on the holiday again , ’ Adree said .
23 For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would
24 Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost .
25 Angalo squinted up at the blue sky .
26 Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal .
27 The weatherbeaten old man squinted up at the handsome young giant who stood grinning down at him .
28 She shivered as she thought of the creature who might even now be stalking the velvet blackness outside , looking up at the lighted windows , deciding whether or not to break in .
29 Stephen simply stood , hands on hips , looking up at the offending beam .
30 Floy stood where he was for a moment , looking up at the great , shining edifice that was Tara , Ireland 's Bright Palace , the great legendary Citadel of Light , the home of the Wolfkings …
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