Example sentences of "look up from the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Staff Nurse , ’ she said without looking up from the notes she was writing . |
| 2 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 3 | It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ and of despair , and seeing a new light : ‘ unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil-Estel , the Star of High Hope ’ . |
| 4 | Wycliffe did not look up from the statements and for some time Sara gave no sign that she had heard ; then she said : ‘ I 've been very stupid . |
| 5 | He looked up from the papers he 'd been working on and said blandly , ‘ Ah , Luce … |
| 6 | The Doctor looked up from the screens that everyone in the chamber had been silently watching . |
| 7 | She looked up from the minutes she was collating . |
| 8 | DeVore looked up from the wei chi board and smiled . |