Example sentences of "she [vb past] up at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She looked up at the six solid feet of him , at the huge , deep chest under his black shirt , at his bulging arm muscles . |
| 32 | Doyle dreaded to think of how many mistakes were appearing on the court transcript , each time she looked up at the corner of the room , where the CI5 men sat , and found two youthful , smiling faces , fixing her with meaningful looks . |
| 33 | She looked up at the bedroom ceiling , where a pale stain recalled a burst pipe nearly fifteen months ago . |
| 34 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 35 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 36 | She looked up at the ceiling and shivered . |
| 37 | She looked up at the clock , wondering if there was time for a pot of tea before lunch , but deciding that the second gong would sound soon , and she could wait . |
| 38 | She looked up at the rook 's nest and the grey sky beyond , then bent to pick a clump of white winter aconites to take home to Josh . |
| 39 | Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 42 | But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone . |
| 43 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 44 | She looked up at the statue and laughed . |
| 45 | She looked up at the flawless blue sky , dotted with a few drifting white clouds . |
| 46 | She looked up at the ceiling , where one of the room 's many odd columns flared into the flat , thick , pale green glass . |
| 47 | Instinctively she looked up at the sky . |
| 48 | Shaking violently in the intolerable hold of a passion as bitter as it was irresistible and torrid , she looked up at the man who had done this to her , his body before and above her , glistening and dark , darker still where it was shadowed with hair . |
| 49 | Pushing her way through the hordes of little black boys with bones through their noses , she looked up at the sky . |
| 50 | She looked up at the sky , where vultures were gathering . |
| 51 | She looked up at the sound of his voice ; he did n't sound particularly pleased . |
| 52 | She looked up at the hill , but the château was invisible from this angle behind its enshrouding of trees . |
| 53 | She looked up at the cloudless sky . |
| 54 | She looked up at the girl beside her . |
| 55 | She looked up at the lorry . |
| 56 | She looked up at the blank expression on Inspector Black 's face , then continued reading , ‘ It 's another match , the profile is almost identical . |
| 57 | She looked up at the outline of him , the wild hair and the shadowed eyes . |
| 58 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 59 | She glared up at the man who had been invading her dreams , for a second not even sure if she was awake or asleep . |