Example sentences of "up at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airmail letters which he exchanges with his liberal friends in England tell a worse story of them than they do of him , and hark back in fine style to that golden time when such friends used to kneel in London mosques with Michael X and other celebrities , squinting up at the Heavyweight Champion of the World 's effulgent arse . |
| 2 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 3 | Picked him up at Imperial College . |
| 4 | The Daily Express had arrived in his absence and its front page confirmed what he had already heard from Mrs Pettifer up at the Manor . |
| 5 | There was plenty of time before Curtain Up at 8 o'clock , half the cast had gone out and backstage had a drowsy air about it . |
| 6 | ‘ And saying , ’ said Wendy , ‘ that he 's been held up at a confinement when he 's forgotten all about somebody . ’ |
| 7 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 9 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 10 | Who else showed up at the shelter ? ’ |
| 11 | While I was up at university , an awful lot of students from wealthy backgrounds were fiddling the dole somehow , and I reckon that the politicians and civil servants think that all they 're in fact doing is cutting their own children 's pocket money . |
| 12 | Always avoid species where flowers close up at night or when the sun goes in ; variegated varieties , whose rich colours will fade and leaves gradually green over in persistent shade , and ‘ long-day ’ flowers such as iris , rudbeckia and nigella whose flowering depends absolutely on prolonged sunlight . |
| 13 | Many pilots give up at 1000 feet when there is still a fair chance of finding something and getting away safely . |
| 14 | Some lifts have rails that can fold up at the bottom if space is tight or if a doorway is going to obstructed . |
| 15 | Our expensive , good-quality tunics were well cut and belted , while our ‘ guard ’ style cap , set up at the front to emulate the officer class , made us different . |
| 16 | Lucy leapt up at once . |
| 17 | ‘ I adore you , your body drives me wild with desire , I live for the light in your eyes , my whole being lights up at the thought of you . |
| 18 | ‘ But they will never take you , Don — I will hide you here — no , I will hide you up at the old shieling hut — or we could run away west into Rannoch — ‘ There are forts everywhere . |
| 19 | Donald McCulloch came back from ‘ the reel of Ballechin' long after his mother , and when he got up at last next morning , the cold porridge had been thrown out to the hens . |
| 20 | He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west . |
| 21 | Up at the old house , Donald kicked the kettle in a spasm of impatience and said angrily to Jean , ‘ Why are you putting me in a vice ? |
| 22 | ‘ Brest ’ stared up at her from the pavement . |
| 23 | ‘ I picked it up at Camden Lock . ’ |
| 24 | She imagined herself turning up at Alan 's bedside with an armful of freesias and went hot all over . |
| 25 | He touched the woman on her arm and she turned and smiled up at him . |
| 26 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 27 | He looked up at her and smiled and she lay down with him on the grass in the sun . |
| 28 | I have to get up at 5.30 tomorrow to fly to Manchester to interview a woman who collects bassoons. 5 . |
| 29 | She looked from the plate up at Simon and a spark struck his eyes . |
| 30 | You think if I had n't bought it and done it up at enormous personal cost this cottage would still be standing ? ’ |