Example sentences of "looked up [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up into the gilt-edged mirror above the basin and cursed silently . |
| 2 | He looked up into the black sky and waved his fist at the stars . |
| 3 | He turned and looked up into the scaly horse face above him . |
| 4 | Relief and anger swept through her as she looked up into the familiar dark , scowling face . |
| 5 | She looked up into the haughty face but he said nothing at all . |
| 6 | She looked up into the smashed glass of the windscreen , something was trapped under the wiper blade . |
| 7 | He sat down in the deck chair , loosened his collar and tie , then lay back and looked up into the dark coolness of the oak branches . |
| 8 | Shelley looked up into the dark green fronded fingers of a palm tree , and went on , ‘ Oh , Rosie , Rosie , if only my bossy old crab Miguel were as dishy as that lovely singer . |
| 9 | Martin looked up into the dark sky where now he could see a faint pattern of grey , scudding clouds , then whispered , ‘ I do n't think it 'll last long with this wind , and there 's more snow in the air . |
| 10 | She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up into the thin face of Edward Morris . |
| 11 | Gambo looked up into the sturdy face of his ruler and his eyes suddenly cleared . |
| 12 | Mark looked up at the tiny speck in the stratosphere and imagined he could hear the air hostess requesting passengers to fasten their seat belts . |
| 13 | Cranston stepped back and looked up at the lead-paned windows . |
| 14 | At midnight the solitary guard leaning in the shadows looked up at the conjoining planets and wondered idly what change in his fortunes they might herald . |
| 15 | He stretched , cracking muscles , and looked up at the small window above the high altar , pleased to see it would be a fair day . |
| 16 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 17 | He looked up at the great tower soaring above him . |
| 18 | Neighbours looked up at the dark windows at night and wondered what could be hidden there , under dust sheets . |
| 19 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
| 20 | Pamela looked up at the irritable tone , so out of place in these idyllic surroundings . |
| 21 | Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’ |
| 22 | She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside . |
| 23 | Agnes looked up at the young man and simpered . |
| 24 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 25 | Fathers looked up at the uniform ceiling of grey cloud and decided to put on tweed caps instead of Panamas . |
| 26 | Then he looked up at the black smoke which came from the Forfarshire 's funnel . |
| 27 | And then he looked up at the front window . |
| 28 | Berdichev huffed impatiently and looked up at the overhead camera . |
| 29 | Ho looked up at the dawn-streaked sky . |
| 30 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |