Example sentences of "she looked up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She looked up at the outline of him , the wild hair and the shadowed eyes .
2 She looked up at the girl beside her .
3 She looked up at the ceiling and shivered .
4 She looked up at the ceiling , where one of the room 's many odd columns flared into the flat , thick , pale green glass .
5 But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone .
6 Instinctively she looked up at the sky .
7 Pushing her way through the hordes of little black boys with bones through their noses , she looked up at the sky .
8 She looked up at the sky , where vultures were gathering .
9 She looked up at the clock , wondering if there was time for a pot of tea before lunch , but deciding that the second gong would sound soon , and she could wait .
10 She looked up at the lorry .
11 Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through .
12 Shaking violently in the intolerable hold of a passion as bitter as it was irresistible and torrid , she looked up at the man who had done this to her , his body before and above her , glistening and dark , darker still where it was shadowed with hair .
13 She looked up at the statue and laughed .
14 Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks .
15 She looked up at the rook 's nest and the grey sky beyond , then bent to pick a clump of white winter aconites to take home to Josh .
16 She looked up at the hill , but the château was invisible from this angle behind its enshrouding of trees .
17 She looked up at the sound of his voice ; he did n't sound particularly pleased .
18 She looked up at the bedroom ceiling , where a pale stain recalled a burst pipe nearly fifteen months ago .
19 She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns .
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