Example sentences of "[v-ing] up at [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bit her lip , searching for firm ground in the morass that seemed to be opening up at her feet . |
| 2 | She tried to get her mind to work , looking up at his face . |
| 3 | With Manchester being really blown up , I feel sorry for those groups with two songs who have record companies turning up at their rehearsals . ’ |
| 4 | With Manchester being really blown up , I feel sorry for those groups with two songs who have record companies turning up at their rehearsals . ’ |
| 5 | They chattered until Sally realised the bus was pulling up at her stop . |
| 6 | We could hear the aircraft revving up at their dispersal points and then one by one taking off , labouring to get their weight off the ground before they ran out of runway . |
| 7 | Unlike on a school day I would have the chance of getting up at my leisure , for I would begin at ten o'clock . |
| 8 | joining up at my thumb . |
| 9 | Glancing up at his face , Cassie saw his expression change , his face darkening and hardening as his mounting excitement and desire seemed to quicken into something uncontainable , threatening , like the tide of an incoming sea , to engulf them both . |
| 10 | She looked so relaxed and happy , smiling up at her husband , that George was convinced that she could have no idea that her attacker was employed by Stephen . |
| 11 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |