Example sentences of "looked up the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked up the authentic sources ; the Comte de Horne turned out not to be an illegitimate son of Louis XV ; the marriage had been consummated and he had died of indigestion . |
| 2 | He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape . |
| 3 | Accordingly I looked up the various symptoms and cases of several diseases . |
| 4 | You looked up the late opening times of the local pool but never got round to going . |
| 5 | In fact my gynaecologist looked up the other day and said , ‘ Dame Edna , when will you stop giving ? ’ |
| 6 | They looked up the spiral stair . |
| 7 | ‘ I looked up the tenth anniversary and it said tin , which was a bit limiting . |
| 8 | I worked right through it and then looked up the proper translation , which was at the end of the book . |
| 9 | I looked up the original advertisement . |
| 10 | The curtains were drawn back as far as they would go , and whenever she looked up the green-brown panorama confronted her and the pale bowl of sky . |