Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lad who led her in , the irate punter who looked up at her with contempt and muttered , ‘ You 're useless ’ , Bill , who made little effort to conceal his anger as she unsaddled Boardwalk . |
| 2 | ‘ Most people finding that the leather handbag they picked up at the school fete was , in fact , plastic would shrug it off if the proceeds of the sale were going to a good cause , ’ said Mr Richards . |
| 3 | Si Wu Ya looked up at it and shivered , anxious now . |
| 4 | And the princess herself sat up at the window of the tower , watching . |
| 5 | A small , hairy-faced little creature appeared , a veritable mannikin who glared up at Sir John . |
| 6 | For a moment she stared up at him , her fists clenched at her sides , her grey eyes filled with a crystalline chill totally at variance with the molten rage that consumed her . |
| 7 | For a moment she stared up at him through glistening eyes , soothed by his hands and the deep sound of his voice . |
| 8 | Reminds me of the joke we made up at the time . |
| 9 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 10 | Rolling over on my back I looked up at him , panting , waiting till I had the wind to speak . |
| 11 | After a while she looked up at me . |
| 12 | ‘ But that night you turned up at the farmhouse , you said … ’ |
| 13 | One day he looked up at her , met her eyes . |
| 14 | Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door . |
| 15 | The night before I could not get to sleep then in the morning I woke up at half past five when I was meant to get up at seven thirty . |
| 16 | The next morning I got up at 7.30 am and had breakfast , got changed and got into the car to wait for Rachel , Betty , Paul and David . |
| 17 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 18 | Cauthen had a further six days added to the four-day suspension he picked up at Goodwood last Thursday . |
| 19 | He had no idea the 2.30pm appointment he fixed up at his home in Rochester Way , Darlington , would last five hours . |
| 20 | When I nervously entered the breakfast-room I looked up at — a black column ! |
| 21 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 22 | On the fourth evening of their waterborne journey they tied up at a place which had thickets of hazel and birch growing near the water . |
| 23 | Every time he hit a drive it ended up at least two time zones away . |
| 24 | After his first phone call he turned up at Lynsey 's north London home only hours later . |
| 25 | When he reached the branch-off track to the farm he looked up at the farmhouse . |
| 26 | For this purpose he built up at his own expense a large collection of apparatus , which by 1723 he valued at £400 . |
| 27 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 28 | Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks . |
| 29 | After the second time she stared up at him , her eyes wide . |
| 30 | I wrote to my mother who lived up at Manzanita with her sister , Mrs. R. V. Hungerford , telling her how I was leaving my position and would write again when I had found some place I liked . |