Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western attention was mostly directed towards the Kurds , who rose up against him at the same time , but the greater threat to Saddam and the heavier loss of life was Shiite , Not Kurdish . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , ’ Magrit said apologetically , ‘ that we caught up with her at the ice-cliffs just beyond the perimeter . |
| 3 | They were already two weeks into the run when Peter caught up with her at her digs in Manchester . |
| 4 | Morton caught up with him at the crossroads . |
| 5 | When I finally caught up with him at Crazy Joe 's Plantation Village , he was in a resigned mood . |
| 6 | I caught up with him at his villa just outside Salzburg , which overlooks a small vineyard , set against an imposing mountainous backdrop . |
| 7 | The king 's messenger caught up with him at Piacenza and they went together as far as Lyons . |
| 8 | In the half-light that was not yet day , roadside trees could conceal could even be — the dreaded pursuers , caught up with him at last . |
| 9 | Tim and Lynne Littler caught up with us at this point and with little resistance from our party , insisted that we could n't leave Paris without a light lunch . |
| 10 | De Chaboulon recalled : ‘ The looting delayed the enemy 's pursuit which eventually caught up with us at Quatre Bras and they fell upon our carriages . |
| 11 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 12 | I HAVE several times told the story of the lady who came up to me at the end of one of my lectures on the relationship between science and music and said , ‘ It 's all very well doing all these scientific tests on musical instruments but can you explain the tingle in the spine that some music produces ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I managed to get clear at Metropole but then Mick came up beside me at the Juniper chicane but I was n't going to be beaten at this stage and I just managed to hold on . ’ |
| 14 | For an instant , too , a detached sense of pity welled up inside him at the body 's seeming frailty in the face of its task ; could the slight , sloping shoulders carry the heavy burdens of leadership , the thin arms and bony wrists hold a long steady course ? |
| 15 | There seemed no limit now to what could go wrong ; panic welled up in her at the least excuse . |
| 16 | JOHN Dunlop was left marvelling at the difference a day makes when Eurolink Thunder and Captain Horatius doubled up for him at Kempton yesterday . |
| 17 | Amusement bubbled up in him at this tiny little thing with her hands planted firmly on her hips presuming to tell him what he was going to do . |
| 18 | When she had picked up all her parcels and disentangled the umbrella from the bonnet of a fierce-looking old lady , she went up to them at a more decorous pace , and joined in their unfeeling laughter . |
| 19 | like a soft telescope , that it looked up along it at the sky |
| 20 | But they all sat up with him at night and er he said er to our Emma , We 're going out on Saturday night going up . |