Example sentences of "[pers pn] look up [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout , the old lady sits silent , hands on lap , eyes on agitated thumbs and as she looks up to witness the man 's retreat her tear-streaked face is racked with pain . |
| 2 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 3 | She was just thinking dizzily that perhaps it was what she really should do , in order to get Dr Russell out of her system , when Sharon Blackett 's fat file was dumped unceremoniously on top of the rest of the paperwork and she looked up to see the endocrinologist 's painfully disturbing form looming over her . |
| 4 | We looked up to see the tree limbs rippling with leather and fur . |
| 5 | We looked up to see the safety diver frantically untangling himself from suddenly treacherous lines before being bumped by this moving mountain . |
| 6 | He looked up to see the restaurant door slam and was left with nothing but a whiff of her perfume . |
| 7 | The first specks of light rain fell on Trent 's face as he looked up to see the motor yacht 's captain studying him from over the brilliantly-varnished taffrail . |