Example sentences of "up at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
| 2 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 3 | He had put up at a cheap pension , the Hospedaje Lisboa ( ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — Rooms , Meals ) , where he had an even smaller room than the one assigned to me at the Colegio . |
| 4 | SCIENCE lessons have perked up at a junior school since youngsters discovered the secrets of a special science activities box . |
| 5 | Believe me , it is not until you are standing with a bucket of icy water in one hand and a wet sponge in the other , looking twelve feet up at a grubby Beaver , that you start to appreciate just what a big aeroplane it is . |
| 6 | She stood outside looking up at a creamy moon , fearful lest some bat might fly into her hair . |
| 7 | Forget it ’ the A A said , ‘ forget it ’ the police said , ‘ forget it ’ , everybody in the town said ‘ forget it , it 's hard enough to walk up ’ and we took the truck up at a bloody run . |
| 8 | And Gordon 's use of the melodramatic ( a vital dose of vanishingly scarce penicillin to treat a key character turns up at a crucial time ) is disappointing alongside the excellence of his writing elsewhere . |
| 9 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 10 | Horowitz stood in the corridor , hands in his trench-coat pocket , staring up at a framed portrait of the founder , Lance Buckmaster . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm a Bank Assistant ’ , was the first thing she said when she stood up at a recent IBOA meeting . |
| 12 | He had said hardly anything since we had picked him up at a draughty street corner where the Hanko road leaves Helsinki . |
| 13 | We live in Hastings and have relatives to stay most summers , the highlight of which is usually an evening out on the town , finishing up at a plush restaurant for dinner . |
| 14 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 15 | It was standing up at a crazy angle out of a mass of ferns . |
| 16 | Finally , even if all the factors mentioned so far are not influencing the cat , it may still turn its nose up at a particular dish of food . |
| 17 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 18 | The human race is eating them up at a staggering rate . |
| 19 | The base was picked up at a second-hand store , and the crimson cotton shade came from Habitat . |
| 20 | Ashley looked up at a grey ball of a cloud which hung directly overhead . |
| 21 | Rob Hill , one of England 's relative newcomers , gave them the lead , following up at a 10th-minute penalty corner , but the team allowed themselves to become rattled by the umpiring and Lahore equalised after 50 minutes . |
| 22 | Rob Hill , one of England 's relative newcomers , gave them the lead , following up at a 10th-minute penalty corner , but the team allowed themselves to become rattled by the umpiring and Lahore equalised after 50 minutes . |
| 23 | Smoking is on a steady decline among both men and women — but men pack up at a faster rate than women . |
| 24 | When these are considered of more than local importance , they are taken up at a national level . |
| 25 | That grievous bodily harm thing was coming up at a special court this morning , but that ought to be all wrapped up in half an hour . |
| 26 | Other party leaders , such as the former Communist Herbert Wehner , agreed change was needed , and in November 1959 their views triumphed in the Bad Godesberg programme , drawn up at a special party meeting . |
| 27 | The scheme was carried out by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ( AAA ) and the committees were set up at a local level with farmer representatives from the various areas of production , such as wheat , cotton , dairy produce , rice and tobacco . |
| 28 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 29 | He also stocked up at a local health shop with various things he could nibble discreetly en route . |
| 30 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |