Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] up at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got up at quarter to twelve I was starving so I had a er er |
| 2 | I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later ! |
| 3 | I glance up at Mrs Tamm . |
| 4 | Some time ago I turned up at Broadcasting House to meet someone for lunch . |
| 5 | I turned up at Queen 's Road Mortuary , parked Armstrong on a single yellow line , and followed the signs to the Coroner 's Court . |
| 6 | I think it 's to do my riding exams but , I ca as I said , cos Brenda whose horse I ride up at Bridley I was telling her and I said , why would the spirit world get in such a state |
| 7 | I wake up at night and I think of maybe some kid we 've been dealing with . |
| 8 | Sometimes I wake up at night , crying for loneliness . |
| 9 | I glanced up at Granny 's picture and for once she seemed to be smiling . |
| 10 | I looked up at Granny 's picture and saw the black crepe paper had slipped again — but then it always did when the door was slammed . |
| 11 | And I looked up at tap and this water were pouring out of tap , I thought oh ! |
| 12 | And I looked up at Dave and said here Dave and he said what ? |
| 13 | If they witness something frightening , if they see someone messing up at school or losing friends , they 'll show concern , distance themselves from anything really threatening , enjoy a little frisson of fear and then slip back towards their old habits . |
| 14 | He makes himself look up at Paul . |
| 15 | She turns up at plays and concerts with her baggy man 's trousers belted at precisely the wrong curve of her hip , and her hair loose and slightly oily . |
| 16 | I wrote to my mother who lived up at Manzanita with her sister , Mrs. R. V. Hungerford , telling her how I was leaving my position and would write again when I had found some place I liked . |
| 17 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 18 | She got up at night to look at her asleep , to see that she lacked nothing . |
| 19 | The convoy , who met up at Dover , consisted of a number of large vehicles , carrying essential supplies such as food , building , plumbing and electrical equipment for the orphanage . |
| 20 | This courtesy , tenderly performed , seemed right out of place to me , but it went down okay with Mrs Davis , who peered up at Fielding for quite a time before she said , |
| 21 | Another sure to improve for being stepped up in trip is Saint Keyne , who bolted up at Haydock last time and now goes for the Queen 's Vase . |
| 22 | Saint Keyne , who bolted up at Haydock last time , will improve for the step up in trip for the Queen 's Vase . |
| 23 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 24 | she woke up at quarter to five . |
| 25 | When she turned up at Buckingham University in her newly ennobled capacity she showed nothing had changed . |
| 26 | But ITN man Michael said : ‘ Eventually she was persuaded to wear it and when she turned up at school and saw all the girls wearing skirts she was absolutely relieved . ’ |
| 27 | She turned up at Woolhope in Herefordshire yesterday ready to climb into the cage . |
| 28 | The fans who turned up at Woughton can expect to see plenty more top class hockey in the area . |
| 29 | He says she showed up at London 's Dorchester Hotel dressed all in black , nobody knew she was there at all . |
| 30 | Marjorie , who joined up at Sheffield in September 1939 , joined Sheffield RAFA in 1946 . |