Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] up at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 2 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 3 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 4 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 5 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 6 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 7 | He sucked in deep , racking breaths and looked up at the two men . |
| 8 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 9 | Finds at the south Iranian site of Shahr-i Sokhta , as well as much further afield in Egypt , suggest that lapis lazuli was circulated in the form of lumps and worked up at the various centres . |
| 10 | Learning the moves and warming up at the start of each judo session is hard work . |
| 11 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 13 | Every night a vila — a wicked fairy who lived in the clouds and mist up at the top of the mountain-caused the whole hillside to tremble and heave so that the walls fell down , the stones fell apart , and all their work was to do again . |
| 14 | She rode furiously to the asylum grounds and looked up at the tree where the leaves had run riot in late summer . |