Example sentences of "[vb past] up at [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 2 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 3 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 4 | The Doctor grinned up at Ace and Benny 's grime-streaked faces . |
| 5 | Factions sprang up at court and intrigue , always a dangerous pastime among the Elves , became a way of life for many . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , for Third Lanark 's dwindling fans , he sobered up at half-time and duly let in five goals . |
| 7 | The twinkle in his eye was reassuring , but when we tied up at Tobermory and the purser pointed out to sea where a group of small rocks ( or so it seemed ) showed strung out on the horizon like a mother duck with her ducklings after her , I felt a cowardly twinge , and found myself wondering what the ‘ relatively mod cons ’ could be . |
| 8 | And I looked up at tap and this water were pouring out of tap , I thought oh ! |
| 9 | He looked up at Cassie and there was a terrible desolation in his eyes . |
| 10 | He looked up at Rincewind and grinned . |
| 11 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 12 | At intervals he looked up at Cornelius and shook his head doubtfully . |
| 13 | Anders looked up at Nina and laughed . |
| 14 | She looked up at Nina and could see that the girl did not recognise her . |
| 15 | The dog , a beautiful Airedale , looked up at Breeze and wagged his tail . |
| 16 | She looked up at Carrie and smiled . |
| 17 | Then he looked up at Rostov and saluted . |
| 18 | Her gaze flickered to David , then , as Jennifer looked up at David and warning bells began to sound in Rachel 's head , Belinda said , ‘ David had a girlfriend called Jennifer , did n't you , David ? ’ then , turning back to Jennifer , she added , ‘ But Rachel 's his girlfriend now . ’ |
| 19 | And I looked up at Dave and said here Dave and he said what ? |
| 20 | Marjorie looked up at Isobel and , surprisingly , she nodded . |
| 21 | Last night Swindon Town slipped up at Tranmere and lost three-one . |