Example sentences of "up at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides trends that come and go , there are basic pieces that should be snapped up at every opportunity — anything that has been hand-made or finished : beaded and embroidered cashmere cardigans , beautiful lace shirts , superbly cut Thirties and Forties jackets or satin brocade robes . |
| 2 | Whichever way you looked at it , that name seemed to come up at every turn : Rose Hilaire mother of Steve , employer of Lily , and niece of a body under Coffin 's floorboards . |
| 3 | In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going almost at every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children as well as the women constantly employed . |
| 4 | In the manufacturing counties you see the wheel going at almost every door , the wool and the yarn hanging up at every window , the looms , the winders , the combers , the carders , the dyers , the dressers , all busy ; and the very children , as well as women constantly employed . |
| 5 | As a matter of fact , when I 'm talking about , let me see er fifty years ago , there was one up at every back yard , that 's the truth . |
| 6 | The six naughtiest dogs in the North-East ranged from Bracken the cairn , who insisted on leaping up at every visitor , to Jessica the fearsome-looking rottweiler . |
| 7 | But new barriers were built up at every step , so he continued to seek an opportunity to resign , if this could be done without disobedience to the will of God . |
| 8 | Now going back to this handicraft , although I said I really did n't want to be committed to all the meetings , I 'm quite happy to carry on with the handicraft , providing you do n't expect me to turn up at every meeting . |
| 9 | This turned out to be a bonus , because we had to stay overnight in Paris and by good luck , our friends the family Toulagian were in , and happy to put us up at no notice . |
| 10 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 11 | The ballet master Balanchine , for one , showed up at a work-out and gazed in wonder . |
| 12 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 13 | I sent her a brochure I had picked up at a travel agent , together with a bouquet of roses and a letter . |
| 14 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 15 | Leland Palmer ignores him , doing what all good rock'n'roll drivers do : pointing out the house where Robin Williams lives , pulling up at a liquor store , and drawing our attention to a woman with an exceptionally large arse riding a bike . |
| 16 | Jackson had been put up at a boarding house , to await the arrival of Herbert Chapman next morning . |
| 17 | This was first suspected in 1878 , when a row of electric lights was put up at a hotel in New York . |
| 18 | The route we had taken through the cordillera from Cajamarca had brought us virtually into the outskirts of Tmjillo and we had put up at a hotel in the centre of the city , all three of us more or less out on our feet . |
| 19 | Unless you are spending a long time somewhere I suggest you simply turn up at a crag and scrounge a look at someone else 's . |
| 20 | The adventurers end up at a confluence of shafts , one of which leads to the Bloodheart itself . |
| 21 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 22 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 23 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |
| 24 | He said softly as he looked up at a gull wheeling above coral roofs : ‘ Perhaps you would care to tell me instead where you have been since yesterday morning , and what has happened to you ? ’ |
| 25 | Set up at a cost of half a million pounds contributed by CLD and the consortium , this is seen as a long-term project to introduce CLD staff , clients and other interested parties to open systems . |
| 26 | I came to jammed into the corner of the work room , squatting , fists clenched , staring up at a ribbon of orange light across the ceiling and a stack of timber beside me . |
| 27 | The barge tied up at a quay . |
| 28 | He 'd woken up at a quarter past four that morning to find Lavinia awake beside him , as often she was now in the middle of the night . |
| 29 | We ended up at a bar near the theatre . |
| 30 | Dolly looked up at a knock on the door . |