Example sentences of "[v-ing] up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 3 | Not only did the train travel fast , it spread fast and soon the world was opening up at a pace not previously imagined . |
| 4 | She bit her lip , searching for firm ground in the morass that seemed to be opening up at her feet . |
| 5 | A pisteur outdid them on his day off by skiing the top section of the mountain nonstop all day and notching up at least 130,000 vertical . |
| 6 | Behind the empty and desolate bar , stood the solitary figure of Tim , the barman , calmly tearing up at least half-a-dozen pages of unpaid drinks in the name of Denis O'Neil . |
| 7 | Previous page , gearing up at the foot of the route ( photos Ed Douglas ) . |
| 8 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 9 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 10 | We 'll make a hypothetical traverse from Easter Island on the East Pacific Rise ( an oceanic ridge , remember ) right across South America as far as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , so we 'll be starting at one plate margin , crossing a second and ending up at a third , each of them , of course , marked by a major belt of seismic activity [ see Fig. 2 ] . |
| 11 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 12 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 13 | A RUGBY fan broke her leg after ending up at the bottom of a ruck which spilled over the sideline . |
| 14 | It came a cropper in 1990 and had to be cut up and sold off , with the remains ending up at Amstral Workstation Solutions Ltd , a value added reseller operation . |
| 15 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 16 | Labour Members should take a journey from Stepney through Bolsover to Chesterfield , ending up at Hemsworth , where there are two Labour candidates , with two different views on Europe , in the by-election . |
| 17 | The electronics division of EMI was expected to continue to generate cash , initially at a higher level than the scanner operation and ending up at about the same amount . |
| 18 | The new dates kick off at Nottingham Rock City on November 28 , with guest DJs Terry Farley and Phil Perry , then go on to Liverpool Royal Court ( with Farley and Dean Thatcher ) December 1 , Brighton The Event ( with Perry and Justin King ) 3 , Manchester International Two ( with Thatcher and Farley ) 15 , Glasgow Plaza ( with Slam DJs and Rockey & Diesel ) 18 , London Charing Cross Road Astoria 20 ( with Farley , Andrew Weatherall , Thatcher , Rockey & Diesel , Glen Gunner and Stripey ) , winding up at Liverpool Royal Court , with Phil Perry , Justin Robinson and Greg Fenton , on December 21 . |
| 19 | The new dates kick off at Nottingham Rock City on November 28 , with guest DJs Terry Farley and Phil Perry , then go on to Liverpool Royal Court ( with Farley and Dean Thatcher ) December 1 , Brighton The Event ( with Perry and Justin King ) 3 , Manchester International Two ( with Thatcher and Farley ) 15 , Glasgow Plaza ( with Slam DJs and Rockey & Diesel ) 18 , London Charing Cross Road Astoria 20 ( with Farley , Andrew Weatherall , Thatcher , Rockey & Diesel , Glen Gunner and Stripey ) , winding up at Liverpool Royal Court , with Phil Perry , Justin Robinson and Greg Fenton , on December 21 . |
| 20 | Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called . |
| 21 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |
| 22 | MGM 's studio at Borehamwood , on the northwest edge of London and just along the road from Elstree , was made by Kubrick to accommodate a space station interior over 300 feet ( 90m ) long , sloping up at one end nearly 40 feet ( 12m ) . |
| 23 | Tom opened the sitting-room door and the silence was broken by Sammy as he came bounding out , leaping up at the pair of them barking excitedly . |
| 24 | Magnus and the Alsatian , attracted by the noise , came running over and began leaping up at them and barking in wild excitement , their panting mouths leaving clouds in the chill air . |
| 25 | She turned back and saw him , leaping up at Mr Hellyer like a hound at a stag . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Opening the lid , she stared down at the emeralds glinting up at her like cat 's eyes , her mother 's emeralds and her grandmother 's and many generations of Grenfell women before her . |
| 28 | The inclusion in the Land Cruise trainset of seven first-class sleeping cars , coupled to InterCity 's insistence that every passenger should have a window seat , stretched the West Highlander formation to sixteen vehicles — too long for the platforms at King 's Cross which could cope with only fourteen — so by default the Friday evening departure was written down to St Pancras , picking up at St Albans and Derby . |
| 29 | The Company put on a special workman 's train to carry these men morning and evening , picking up at Roade and Castlethorpe , the latter two serving as pick up points for Hanslope , Yardley Gobion and Potterspury men . |
| 30 | The gundogs were primarily for picking up at pheasant shoots and for work on my own shoot , but one of them , a Springer spaniel , was also used for hunting out rough-lying rabbits and also for retrieving shot rabbits from difficult situations . |