Example sentences of "[vb past] up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Stych drew up at the kerb in her new European car , bought , needless to say , from Maxie 's arch-rival down in Edmonton . |
| 2 | The cab drew up at the kerb . |
| 3 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 4 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 5 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 6 | A mortuary van drew up at the end of the bridge , and two men , carrying a stretcher , came down the steps . |
| 7 | BUSINESSMEN in Shanghai lined up at the weekend for the city 's first auction of lucky telephone numbers since the 1949 revolution . |
| 8 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 9 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 10 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 11 | In silence we worked , completely indifferent to the freezing cold , as the pile built up at the side of the house . |
| 12 | But you can see the police parked up at the trouble spots . |
| 13 | I said well he reckons it does , he says when he filled up at the garage it were full , he says we had n't got back and it was between the half and three quarters , I said oh I never looked at it |
| 14 | On the back were the first few lines of a sketch for another painting , then scrawled across the lower half of the untreated canvas were some illegible words with numbers beside them , added up at the bottom , by the stretcher . |
| 15 | I woke up at the part where he was telling me it had been a mindless fling , and I should n't get upset over it . |
| 16 | The overseer squinted up at the ceiling . |
| 17 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 18 | She squinted up at the sun . |
| 19 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 20 | Nathan squinted up at the masthead , then gazed into his coffee-mug . |
| 21 | Rincewind squinted up at the sword . |
| 22 | Curtis squinted up at the sheriff through the curling smoke of the cigarette he had just lit . |
| 23 | The warning occurred after Puddephat 's name came up at the inquest into the death of an attractive flame-haired student , Melanie Gandell . |
| 24 | Well we got to and there 's three weeks well when we came up at the beginning of May there was a notice on the main main twenty one which said |
| 25 | He 'd been sitting apparently fascinated by my World Religions class , and when he came up at the end I was sure he wanted to ask a question about Zoroastrianism or Thuggee , or whatever damned thing I 'd been going on about . |
| 26 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 27 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 28 | The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings . |
| 29 | Then on Wednesday , hearses from two funeral companies turned up at the morgue to claim the body . |
| 30 | BNP candidate Dr Donald Clarke turned up at the Dolphin Centre to join the town 's three other candidates in a meeting organised by Darlington Environmental Watch . |