Example sentences of "he looked up [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He enjoyed his meal , and then he looked up at the waiter , smiled and said , ‘ I have n't got any money , you know . |
| 32 | He looked up at the newcomers outlined against the bright light of the street . |
| 33 | He looked up at the mention of a nigger and was now eyeing her , as if raking through his memory . |
| 34 | He looked up at the house , at your mother and me in the doorway . |
| 35 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
| 36 | He looked up at the circle of menacing faces surrounding him . |
| 37 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 38 | He looked up at the mestizo . |
| 39 | When he reached the branch-off track to the farm he looked up at the farmhouse . |
| 40 | The other two were — ’ he looked up at the roof as he struggled for the word ‘ — how you say , scared of him ? |
| 41 | He looked up at the apple tree and replied , ‘ It makes no fucking difference , Piper , where you dig it . |
| 42 | He looked up at the face with the dark hair above him . |
| 43 | He looked up to the windows of Rose 's flat . |
| 44 | He looked up from the board , realising his concentration had been broken . |
| 45 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |
| 46 | He looked up from the desk , caught her at a moment when , against her will , tears had filled her eyes . |
| 47 | He looked up from the newspaper and looked coldly at them . |
| 48 | He looked up from the document he was reading and his eyes lingered on her body before he sat back and raised his eyebrows quizzically , waiting for her to speak . |
| 49 | He looked up from the puddle of sepia . |
| 50 | As I was pulling the institutional door of his office shut behind me he looked up from the reading matter he had taken up again and said , ‘ And Ian — ’ |
| 51 | He looked up from the menu he was studying and smiled suddenly . |
| 52 | He looked up from the photograph , totally unruffled . |
| 53 | He looked up from the cake at Mama . |
| 54 | He looked up from the list he was making . |
| 55 | Again he looked up from the paper and smiled conciliatingly at his audience . |
| 56 | He looked up from the scroll , thoughtful and faintly frowning : ‘ You know what the Lord Owen writes to me ? ’ |