Example sentences of "[pers pn] looked up at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings .
2 I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin .
3 Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room .
4 I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando .
5 I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti .
6 The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest .
7 Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse .
8 She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles .
9 She looked up at the curved glass roof overhead , so high and with pigeons on the inside , fluttering amongst the iron girders , trapped inside .
10 She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds .
11 She looked up at the clear sky .
12 She looked up at the cloudless sky .
13 She looked up at the blank expression on Inspector Black 's face , then continued reading , ‘ It 's another match , the profile is almost identical .
14 Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’
15 He looked up at the half-moon .
16 And then he looked up at the front window .
17 Then he looked up at the black smoke which came from the Forfarshire 's funnel .
18 He looked up at the lined , seamed face of the rat-catcher , framed by his black , tarry leather hood .
19 Then he looked up at the new young golden eagle who had been available under special government licence and brought in as her replacement .
20 He looked up at the great tower soaring above him .
21 Detective Inspector Frank Gregson tapped agitatedly on the steering wheel as he looked up at the red light , waiting for it to change .
22 He looked up at the pale white sky above the half-ruined trees .
23 A smell of new shoes from another workshop wafted around him as he looked up at the old , stopped clock jutting out , two-faced , over the pavement from the first floor of the workshop , hands frozen at twenty-past-two ( he glanced at his watch ; it was actually 3:49 ) .
24 He looked up at the clearing sky , darkening now into dusk .
25 He looked up at the white tower .
26 He looked up at the formidable stone keep of Gloucester Castle towering three storeys above him and wondered if there was danger within , although his task was straightforward enough .
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