Example sentences of "look up [coord] [vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight .
2 He was over Charing Cross Road and well into the Square before some instinct of recognition made him look up and see the place which was still the jewel of London , the haven of fantasies , the last known post of security , the Crystal Rooms .
3 It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me !
4 So I could look up and see the sky .
5 The truckloads of returned prisoners drove past the office and the girls draped the banner between two windows and hung from the window ringing a handbell so that the men would look up and see the banner and hear them cheering .
6 They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground .
7 And always , on a clear day , you could look up and see the magnificent , snow-capped Alps .
8 Indeed , just as with a demonstrative , so with the definite description in ( 18 ) , the addressee is invited to look up and identify the referent .
9 Maxim wished he had made the call himself even if George had had to look up and dial the number for him .
10 This enables anyone to look up and inspect the patent specification to determine its scope .
11 Readers interested in doing experiments involving ultrasonics can buy the basic matching transmitters and receivers quite cheaply but they will need to look up or develop the circuits needed to make them work .
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