Example sentences of "[pron] looked up [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked up to the skies for no reason I can now remember , probably a spot of rain or a ray of sunshine . |
| 2 | Paul , you looked up at the times . |
| 3 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 4 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 5 | She looked up at the advertisements above the windows . |
| 6 | She looked up from the minutes she was collating . |
| 7 | But when we looked up into the trees , we could see their dreys ; untidy rounded twiggy ‘ nests ’ tucked into forks between branch and trunk . |
| 8 | He looked up into the eyes of the figure on the wall and saw pain , and sorrow and pity there . |
| 9 | ‘ Man wounded , ’ said Charlie in a loud whisper as he looked up towards the trenches . |
| 10 | He looked up through the branches into the sky , waiting for her tears to pass . |
| 11 | He looked up at the clouds . |
| 12 | He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west . |
| 13 | He looked up at the windows of the house . |
| 14 | He looked up at the stairs . |
| 15 | He looked up at the newcomers outlined against the bright light of the street . |
| 16 | He looked up to the windows of Rose 's flat . |
| 17 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |