Example sentences of "and [verb] up at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just sat in his chair and gazed up at Granny 's picture in its faded gilt frame . |
| 2 | He turned to the altar again and gazed up at Paddy 's back and tried to concentrate . |
| 3 | And pick up at quarter past seven at night . |
| 4 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |
| 5 | She and Wyatt continued to party together , chat regularly on the phone and meet up at friends ' weekend homes . |
| 6 | Today he is more of a celebrity than an actor , making cameo appearances , commercials and turning up at premières . |
| 7 | He worked his passage home as a steward and fetched up at Tilbury with £30 wages , which was soon augmented by £46 10s left to him in his absence by his grandfather . |
| 8 | It was only water that was let into a confined space but we had a Sports Association which had a section for the swimming and er I way remember bought a couple of old single decker buses from somewhere , I do n't know where and he had them fitted out and rigged up at Stoke Bathing Place , especially for us to go there and change and w we did have quite a good strong section , we used to hold our , an annual what you call a regatta , or , no not a regatta but er in the St Matthew 's Swimming Baths a festival , a swimming festival a gala , yes |
| 9 | She took a train to London from Manchester and turned up at ITN . |
| 10 | It had a curious history , for it miraculously survived the destruction of the Tuileries and turned up at Chislehurst in 1871 by unknown means . |
| 11 | Anglers study the river , locating where the big fish lie , and creep up at dusk when fish are least likely to suspect foul play . |
| 12 | A few lost souls wander aimlessly down to the front and stare up at Bono 's frantic , manic animation , briefly bemused . |
| 13 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
| 14 | It 's alleged that Leyshon and Stokle were lured here and tied up at knife point , before being transported to the hill . |
| 15 | The man replied no , but that as he had been born and brought up at Moor of Rannoch , he had every right to call himself Scot . |
| 16 | From among the papers he extracted a chequebook and , drawing his chair close to the tea-chest , he rested the chequebook on it , took out his fountain pen and looked up at Denis . |
| 17 | He sniffed , and looked up at Laura . |
| 18 | As the Marines and Petion backed away , Ace knelt and looked up at Benny . |
| 19 | I opened my eyes and looked up at Mick 's grinning face , leaning into the entrance to the trench . |
| 20 | He settled himself behind the wheel , pulled the door shut and looked up at Turner through the open window . |
| 21 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 22 | He stood in the garden , at the edge of the pool , and looked up at Dad 's window . |
| 23 | She turned and looked up at Joe , and he , smiling now , said , ‘ I 'm always willing to please . ’ |
| 24 | She leaned forward on her elbows and looked up at Briant with an expression of almost ludicrous earnestness on her face . |
| 25 | She snatched off a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked up at Maxim with myopic surprise . |
| 26 | Graham rubbed his unshaven face and looked up at Laidlaw . |
| 27 | Graham sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at Laidlaw . |
| 28 | Mr Gubb dropped the boy 's hand and looked up at Harkness . |
| 29 | She said reluctantly , ‘ Well , very like it , perhaps , ’ and looked up at Carrie with what seemed a kind of apology . |
| 30 | And looked up at Nuadu , encased in the terrible cage of the treadmill , and saw black , bitter fury in his eyes . |