Example sentences of "[vb past] up at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 2 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 3 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 4 | A lot of activity on the ceiling , too … as Ninereeds hovered , thumping the air with his wings , Twoflower peered up at the shapes of roosting beasts and tiny men-shaped dots that were somehow walking upside down . |
| 5 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 6 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 7 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 8 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 9 | James turned up at the docks expecting a luxury liner , only to find a cargo ship and a deck-hand 's job waiting for him . |
| 10 | ‘ There was the time I turned up at the Arts Lab ( first and last time ) to see the Dylan film and could n't afford it . |
| 11 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 12 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 13 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 14 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 15 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 16 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 17 | The mattress — all curved up at the edges . |
| 18 | She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face . |
| 19 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 20 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 21 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 22 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 23 | I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night . |
| 24 | As we pulled up at the lights , he leaped out , kicked the wheel cap back into place , grinned and said , ‘ Thanks , it happens about every two years or so , ’ got back in his car , then signalled equally wildly for me to wind down my window . |
| 25 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 26 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
| 27 | He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit . |
| 28 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 29 | It was dark when they got outside , and , walking silently beside him , she stared up at the stars , and gave an unconscious little sigh . |
| 30 | He stared up at the shelves above him . |