Example sentences of "up at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Fathers looked up at the uniform ceiling of grey cloud and decided to put on tweed caps instead of Panamas .
2 The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates .
3 The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates .
4 I normally throw up at the mere mention of footy management , but Soccer Rivals is darn good .
5 She flashed green eyes , glaring up at the vague outline of his face with annoyance .
6 Berdichev huffed impatiently and looked up at the overhead camera .
7 He studied him a moment , intently , almost fiercely , then pointed up at the overhead camera .
8 And then he looked up at the front window .
9 Ivo drew the car up at the front door , she pinned her hopes , rather desperately , she owned , on one very big , important fact .
10 ‘ I 'm leaving a picture of my mother up at the front door with a notice saying this woman is not allowed into the theatre , ’ says Margi .
11 Anyway , I had built her up at the front end so that she was standing with her fore feet on a half door and had given her a strong oily purgative .
12 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
13 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
14 The cop peered up at the towering fire escape for several seconds , then , satisfied it was deserted , he walked across the alley to the opposite wall .
15 Stephen simply stood , hands on hips , looking up at the offending beam .
16 Pull up at the sweep-through drive and you enter a sophisticated property of airy , high arch ceilings and chandeliers , carefully carved mouldings of gold and classic furnishings of style .
17 Make sure that the ladder you are working on is secure and put up at the correct angle ( 1 metre out for every 4 metres up the wall ) .
18 Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’
19 points up at the low ceiling with a cry :
20 There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay .
21 ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy .
22 She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky .
23 Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past .
24 Angalo squinted up at the blue sky .
25 Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun .
26 He then stared up at the blue sky .
27 Mad dogs and Englishmen and all that , she mused , glaring up at the hot sun that glared back .
28 Pamela looked up at the irritable tone , so out of place in these idyllic surroundings .
29 Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room .
30 Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers .
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