Example sentences of "up at the house " in BNC.

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1 Mr Mounsa , 47 , was ordered to strip off the wallpaper he had just put up at the house in Toxteth .
2 He looked up at the house , at your mother and me in the doorway .
3 She slowed down and looked up at the house now looming high above them .
4 He glanced back up at the house , where warm orange light spilled out from the dining room into the grey afternoon .
5 One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’
6 The leaden feeling that weighed heavily on me as Jean-Claude rode into Paris did not lift when we fetched up at the house in the rue Victorie .
7 Sorry I could n't get some basic staples up at the house for your arrival .
8 We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down .
9 That same mood was on him even now as he stood there looking up at the house .
10 When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again .
11 Scott paused for a moment , looking up at the house .
12 Up at the house waited Lady Raasay with her family — three sons and ten daughters .
13 Up at the house .
14 The servants woke , and two gentlemen , who were passing in the road below , stopped and looked up at the house .
15 He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea .
16 She glanced up at the house .
17 ‘ That 's up at the House . ’
18 What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure .
19 Ruth whirled round and faced Fernando who 'd appeared from nowhere as she was peering up at the house .
20 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
21 Leonora jumped out , stood looking up at the house for a few moments more , then ran up the steps to ring the doorbell , laughter bubbling up inside as she anticipated Penry 's surprise at the sight of her .
22 Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’
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