Example sentences of "looked up [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in Protevangelium ; And I looked up into the pole of the heavens and saw it standing still , and the fowls of the heavens without motion … |
| 2 | He looked up into the face of the Colonel . |
| 3 | Then he added , ‘ I did n't think they would , ’ and looked up into the muzzle of his own pistol held steady in the President 's hand . |
| 4 | He looked up into the eyes of the figure on the wall and saw pain , and sorrow and pity there . |
| 5 | The two directors looked up at the top of the Opera House . |
| 6 | He looked up at the windows of the house . |
| 7 | He looked up at the window of the nearest compartment . |
| 8 | She looked up at the outline of him , the wild hair and the shadowed eyes . |
| 9 | Then he looked up at the portrait of Sir Humphrey Agnew and smiled . |
| 10 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 11 | She looked up at the sound of his voice ; he did n't sound particularly pleased . |
| 12 | He looked up at the mention of a nigger and was now eyeing her , as if raking through his memory . |
| 13 | Even the men cleaning their weapons looked up at the mention of the name . |
| 14 | We paralleled Crow Road for a bit , and stopped , waiting for signals , outside Jordanhill station ; I looked up at the rear of the flats which fronted Crow Road , trying to work out which was Janice Rae 's . |
| 15 | He stopped and looked up at the tangle of gaunt branches above him . |
| 16 | I looked up at the jumble of rooftops with their abundance of chimney-pots , the florid iron bal-conies at the dormer windows . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He looked up at the circle of menacing faces surrounding him . |
| 19 | Mrs Zamzam looked up to the wall of the room where there hung a framed portrait of a young man and woman . |
| 20 | He looked up to the windows of Rose 's flat . |
| 21 | Doyle , who tipped his tea into a saucer , looked up over the rim of it . |
| 22 | And I looked up unto the pole of the heaven and saw it standing still , and the fowls of the heavens without motion . |
| 23 | He looked up from the puddle of sepia . |
| 24 | Montgomery looked up from the pile of papers he was scrutinising with a small frown . |
| 25 | Horrocks looked up from the strapping of his skates . |
| 26 | Broomhead looked up in the direction of the shouting and saw a woman leaning out of a window on the top floor of Bacon Buildings . |