Example sentences of "looked up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Perplexed , she looked up into Dane 's face .
2 Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees .
3 He looked up into Grandson Richard 's huge face and , trying to make his voice as deep and slow as possible , said the only word any nome had said directly to a human in five thousand years .
4 And I looked up at tap and this water were pouring out of tap , I thought oh !
5 He stood in the garden , at the edge of the pool , and looked up at Dad 's window .
6 I looked up at Granny 's picture and saw the black crepe paper had slipped again — but then it always did when the door was slammed .
7 But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face .
8 The dog , a beautiful Airedale , looked up at Breeze and wagged his tail .
9 She leaned forward on her elbows and looked up at Briant with an expression of almost ludicrous earnestness on her face .
10 Marianne looked up at Dane from beneath her ludicrously long eyelashes .
11 Rain and Oliver crossed the rue de Rivoli and looked up at Cobalt 's flat .
12 As he crossed Grace 's deck Woodie looked up with astonishment at Dreadnought , which was a bigger boat , and , having much less furniture on board , rode higher in the water .
13 He looked up with satisfaction at the panelling of the new box-beds — comfort and decency for all three of them , while others in the village still slept on the floor like beasts .
14 The boys looked up with interest .
15 The wolves clustered around the base of the tree looked up with interest at their next meal talking to himself .
16 He looked up with interest , candidly returning the inspection , at Rhodri Parry 's agent .
17 Bunny Chaloner , sitting on the step of the coach house door in the sunshine , looked up with interest from the tack she was busily cleaning .
18 Then Neva had a better idea ; she looked up to heaven and saw the mighty sun travelling across the sky overhead , darting his gold rays down like arrows .
19 There was a light in his eye when he looked up from reading .
20 I looked up in amazement at the abrupt shift .
21 Lewis 's eyes looked up in puzzlement .
22 He looked up in alarm .
23 ‘ It 's not quite as easy as that , ’ she said , her voice so full of sympathy that Dana looked up in alarm .
24 Hugo looked up in alarm as a woman in a black belted mackintosh and beret pushed her way through the restaurant towards him .
25 The others looked up in alarm .
26 Laura looked up in horror .
27 Frank looked up in surprise when Matron walked in .
28 The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise .
29 Edouard looked up in surprise , and the boy eagerly drew forward a chair .
30 The others looked up in surprise .
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