Example sentences of "looked up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once when I looked up Kāli was nowhere in sight . |
| 2 | She scuttled off and when Jenna looked up Marguerite was watching from the doorway to the kitchen . |
| 3 | And not to out done , the panda got out his own dictionary and looked up panda , one that eats , shoots then leaves ! |
| 4 | On reflecting about the activities of the last year I looked up enterprise in ’ Roget 's Thesaurus ’ . |
| 5 | She looked up cheese soufflé . |
| 6 | ‘ I looked up reports from the Continental police as requested , sir . ’ |
| 7 | Upstairs Peter looked up Abbotsfield in his Philips school atlas . |
| 8 | Columned arcades that led to the house surrounded this inner court , and as she looked up Maggie saw that this arrangement was duplicated above , making an elegant balcony that overlooked the courtyard below . |
| 9 | The sky was a remarkable shade of blue , not one cloud in sight , and as she looked up Maggie had a sudden feeling of deep peace , as if she was part of the land , knee-deep in it . |
| 10 | She looked up Andrew 's number in her address book , hoping he was not already on his way to London . |
| 11 | When I got home I looked up Fauré in the Oxford Companion . |
| 12 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 13 | I looked up Dana 's name in the telephone book , and , with wildly beating heart called the number . |