Example sentences of "look up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One woman had looked up the meaning of manipulate in the Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 2 | I had looked up the directions for the Pan-Am Highway at the hotel . |
| 3 | Stock the biker , the macho black-leathered never-properly-seen image of Nemesis , ( He had looked up the name in the London telephone directory ; there were one-and-a-half columns of them ; enough for quite a few coincidences , even in a city of six-and-a-half million people . ) |
| 4 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 5 | ‘ Nevertheless , ’ said Jordan Warrender , one of his senior counsellors who had recently been travelling in Europe , ostensibly on holiday , actually on a tricky diplomatic mission , but who had looked up the Parslows on finding them in Venice , ‘ she is most definitely not with them . |
| 6 | I took a trip into Albany an ’ looked up the architect 's plans of the house an' its estate . |
| 7 | And , er , and my father actually looked up the year before and found he knew the S H M , an old school chum , and he sent us a ticket . |
| 8 | The reference call to the hotel , The Randolph — that 's what he 'd remembered clearest of all , really : he 'd looked up the telephone number and then been put through , on the extension given to him by his client , to the Deputy Manageress , who had promptly and effusively vouched for the bona fides of Rent-a-Car 's prospective customer . |
| 9 | Looking up the hillside to the north from this point , the splendid cairn of Josse Pike can be seen prominently . |
| 10 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 11 | Word meanings are especially liable to change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the ‘ standard ’ definition , and the inferences they draw can vary . |
| 12 | He was looking up the driveway , trying to make out the shape of the house through the trees . |
| 13 | The drafters of the 1533 act can readily be imagined looking up the statute of Richard II which referred to ‘ varlets called yeomen ’ in the service of lords — the Canon 's Yeoman no less . |
| 14 | For example , using a good etymological dictionary , try looking up the origins and spelling changes in words like : ache delight ghost guest health ( and whole , hale ) island thought Changes in place names are particularly interesting , because they demonstrate clearly the way in which spelling does not determine pronunciation , but so often limps along behind . |
| 15 | ( As examples of the latter , try looking up the length of the river Mississippi in as many reference books as you can find , and compare the answers. ) 5 . |
| 16 | Although the majority of modern word processing packages have a built-in Thesaurus , their content is limited and you will often find yourself looking up the word you require in a book . |
| 17 | Hence a reader looking up the definition of a word such as dogs would find the relevant information stored under the word dog . |
| 18 | ‘ Looking up the town history ? |
| 19 | He found himself looking up the skirts of a girl dancing by , and he rolled across the floor in an attempt to keep up with her . |
| 20 | Anyway , there I was lying on the pavement on my back , looking up the skirt of a very tall Quantas air hostess who was looking down at me in equal amazement . |
| 21 | That means looking up the tide tables to see the times of high and low water and the tidal stream list to find the maximum rates . |
| 22 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 23 | Mind you , I mean there 's no point they 'll be looking up the first word of each of these |
| 24 | The bloke behind the counter said , look , I 've just got to go and look up the year of manufacture , I 'll be back in a couple of minutes . |
| 25 | Now , while you go and dry those eyes , I 'll look up the trains . ’ |
| 26 | Using one of these you can look up the code number on a can of beans , magazine , or whatever , and the relevant entry will give the string of text for that particular code . |
| 27 | Unlike everybody else , however , the hard man did not look up the neighbourhood exorcist in Thompson 's Local Directory . |
| 28 | Then , when you return to your own room , you can look up the relevant pages and study them in the light of the explanations you have had . |
| 29 | Then you should first look up the subject in the subject index . |
| 30 | The great value of this is that the searcher can look up the name of an author known to have published in the field of interest and , if any previously published work of the author has been cited , the item will appear along with the names of the citing authors . |