Example sentences of "[vb past] up at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 2 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 3 | Anyway he came up to London , she went to London to be a nanny to this woman with three kids like , you know , two babies and a an older one and she said he came up at a time , he said , sorry , you know , got ta finish he 's got this girl pregnant ! |
| 4 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 5 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 6 | Not long after that blow to the ego , I turned up at a studio to do a commercial . |
| 7 | He turned up at a party one night having just managed to get back from Italy where he 'd been supposed to be studying and it came out that he 'd been to Rome , too , and had actually met her father and knew their story — better than she did — and had sat at the feet of the Marchesa Giulia . |
| 8 | FIREMEN and police turned up at a house in Bracknell , Herts , with sirens blaring after Nibbles the hamster became trapped under the bath . |
| 9 | STUNNED staff turned up at a garage in Chicklade , Wilts , to find thieves had used a chainsaw to cut off and steal a petrol pump . |
| 10 | The ballet master Balanchine , for one , showed up at a work-out and gazed in wonder . |
| 11 | The barge tied up at a quay . |
| 12 | On the fourth evening of their waterborne journey they tied up at a place which had thickets of hazel and birch growing near the water . |
| 13 | He said softly as he looked up at a gull wheeling above coral roofs : ‘ Perhaps you would care to tell me instead where you have been since yesterday morning , and what has happened to you ? ’ |
| 14 | Dolly looked up at a knock on the door . |
| 15 | Rincewind looked up at a number of impassive , upside down faces . |
| 16 | We ended up at a bar near the theatre . |
| 17 | She was out with a group of girls , you were with your friends , and you all had a happy evening together and ended up at a disco . |
| 18 | Last summer I was down in London on business and … er … it happened that , by chance … through some friends , I ended up at a party given by … er … well , some people in Holland Park . |
| 19 | It was beautiful , an antique that we picked up at a flea market in Bath . |