Example sentences of "and [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | She took a train to London from Manchester and turned up at ITN . |
| 6 | It had a curious history , for it miraculously survived the destruction of the Tuileries and turned up at Chislehurst in 1871 by unknown means . |
| 7 | It 's alleged that Leyshon and Stokle were lured here and tied up at knife point , before being transported to the hill . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He sniffed , and looked up at Laura . |
| 10 | As the Marines and Petion backed away , Ace knelt and looked up at Benny . |
| 11 | I opened my eyes and looked up at Mick 's grinning face , leaning into the entrance to the trench . |
| 12 | He settled himself behind the wheel , pulled the door shut and looked up at Turner through the open window . |
| 13 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 14 | He stood in the garden , at the edge of the pool , and looked up at Dad 's window . |
| 15 | She turned and looked up at Joe , and he , smiling now , said , ‘ I 'm always willing to please . ’ |
| 16 | She leaned forward on her elbows and looked up at Briant with an expression of almost ludicrous earnestness on her face . |
| 17 | She snatched off a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked up at Maxim with myopic surprise . |
| 18 | Graham rubbed his unshaven face and looked up at Laidlaw . |
| 19 | Graham sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at Laidlaw . |
| 20 | Mr Gubb dropped the boy 's hand and looked up at Harkness . |
| 21 | She said reluctantly , ‘ Well , very like it , perhaps , ’ and looked up at Carrie with what seemed a kind of apology . |
| 22 | And looked up at Nuadu , encased in the terrible cage of the treadmill , and saw black , bitter fury in his eyes . |
| 23 | Meg turned , careful not to make the boat tilt and sway , and looked up at Peng Yu-wei , then back at Ben . |
| 24 | Felicity merely shrugged and looked up at Harold , as if expecting him to answer for her . |
| 25 | Athelstan drew a question mark and looked up at Cranston . |
| 26 | She put the phone down and looked up at Jack . |
| 27 | Rain and Oliver crossed the rue de Rivoli and looked up at Cobalt 's flat . |
| 28 | He has that ingrained self-confidence most commonly attributed to the grandest old Etonians , although he failed to win a scholarship there and ended up at Charterhouse . |
| 29 | He had nowhere to stay , and ended up at Miles 's place . |
| 30 | I got very drunk , boarded the wrong tube home and ended up at Heathrow at one in the morning . |