Example sentences of "looked up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And if things did n't go well : fifty four months , two hundred and thirty — Marcus lay on the bunk and looked up at the sag that was Pete . |
2 | So hysterical and shrill was Nigel 's scream that everyone in the place , including the Trunchbull , looked up at the blackboard . |
3 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |
4 | Sister Cooney smiled and looked up at the board in front of her as the bell rang . |
5 | She looked up at the girl beside her . |
6 | The two directors looked up at the top of the Opera House . |
7 | Léonie sprawled lower on the muddy carpet and looked up at the beech trees spread against the sky . |
8 | Then he looked up at the Trunchbull , then at the tall stringy cook with her lemon-juice mouth . |
9 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | He looked up at the horses , shading his eyes against a sting of sun from the west . |
12 | The big one looked up at the night sky , seeking inspiration . |
13 | As the rocks flashed into furnace heat he looked up at the dragon that now occupied more than half the cell . |
14 | She lay in Charlotte 's bed and looked up at the ceiling that Charlotte had festooned with shawls and old curtains and Indian bedspreads ( there was a definite small weight in one of those hammocks : what lay there ? |
15 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
16 | She looked up at the ceiling and shivered . |
17 | Rory looked up at the ceiling . |
18 | Jimmy looked up at the ceiling when he heard it . |
19 | She looked up at the ceiling , where one of the room 's many odd columns flared into the flat , thick , pale green glass . |
20 | Twoflower looked up at the ceiling . |
21 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
22 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
23 | He looked up at the ceiling . |
24 | She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling . |
25 | William looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearing four o'clock . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Turning back , he quickly scanned the sheet again , looked up at the clock , and reached forward to slide a knob towards himself , at the same time sliding another away with the other hand — presumably fading out the music . |
28 | I looked up at the clock . |
29 | As he stared down at his half-empty glass Billy became aware of Freddie watching him closely and he looked up at the schemer suddenly , fixing him with a cold stare . |
30 | Mahmoud looked up at the cook . |