Example sentences of "[v-ing] up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 2 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 3 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 7 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 8 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |
| 9 | Oh yes Jamie 's picking up at the weekend , that 's right . |
| 10 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 11 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 12 | Twenty four year old builder Ian Baxter , from Tilehurst in Reading , threatened to slice up the driver of a petrol tanker with a builder 's grinder when prevented from filling up at the Blewberry Service Station in Oxfordshire ; he hit the driver with the grinder , knocking out two of his teeth . |
| 13 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
| 14 | She was lying on her bed , looking up at the ceiling , Smudge and Whisky curled on her stomach . |
| 15 | For a moment her father said nothing more either he just stood with his hands clasped behind him , looking up at the ceiling . |
| 16 | They lie there a minute , looking up at the ceiling . |
| 17 | He put out a hand and smoothed the bear 's shaggy head , giving it embarrassed pats , while looking up at the bear-leader as if to say , Is that all right ? |
| 18 | She stood for a moment beside Melissa , looking up at the portrait . |
| 19 | When he saw me looking out of the window he smiled , and , looking up at the sun , said : |
| 20 | They 're looking up at the sign board , and holding each other 's hand . |
| 21 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 22 | They were standing in the stern of the vessel looking up at the back of the cabins . |
| 23 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 24 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 25 | Father Kinsella stood in the open doorway , looking up at the sky . |
| 26 | Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station . |
| 27 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 28 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
| 29 | They left him looking up at the sky again . |
| 30 | Ace found herself looking up at the sky . |