Example sentences of "looking up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , looking up along the gully where the boar had been , Kalchu noticed a young boy leading his dog on a chain . |
| 2 | Rohmer was looking up into the sky as the vortex of smoke and steam was greedily sucked skywards into the black roiling clouds of the storm . |
| 3 | Dexter stood at the bottom of the stairs , looking up into the gloom at their head . |
| 4 | ‘ The graveyard of St. Giles , ’ Sir James testily remarked , looking up into the night sky . |
| 5 | But anyway , very dramatic shot looking up into the mouth of the balloon with this huge flame going up . |
| 6 | Others designed the sculpture for a specific viewpoint , which can sometimes be reconstructed by looking up into the figure 's eyes . |
| 7 | Then looking up towards the ceiling , he added , ‘ I wonder what she 'll turn out to be like , that young 'un ? ’ |
| 8 | Now , let's pretend we are the assassin , standing here with a crossbow looking up towards the sanctuary . ’ |
| 9 | Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows . |
| 10 | She watched as he stood beside the car for a moment looking up towards the house . |
| 11 | She pulled off her clothes and left them in a heap , then lay on top of the covers looking up at the ceiling . |
| 12 | She was lying on her bed , looking up at the ceiling , Smudge and Whisky curled on her stomach . |
| 13 | For a moment her father said nothing more either he just stood with his hands clasped behind him , looking up at the ceiling . |
| 14 | They lie there a minute , looking up at the ceiling . |
| 15 | He put out a hand and smoothed the bear 's shaggy head , giving it embarrassed pats , while looking up at the bear-leader as if to say , Is that all right ? |
| 16 | She stood for a moment beside Melissa , looking up at the portrait . |
| 17 | When he saw me looking out of the window he smiled , and , looking up at the sun , said : |
| 18 | They 're looking up at the sign board , and holding each other 's hand . |
| 19 | He was looking up at the sign over the door . |
| 20 | They were standing in the stern of the vessel looking up at the back of the cabins . |
| 21 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 22 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 23 | Father Kinsella stood in the open doorway , looking up at the sky . |
| 24 | Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station . |
| 25 | But lying there beside her , listening to the susurration of the tide and looking up at the sky through a haze of grasses he was filled , not with post-coital sadness , but with an agreeable languor as if the long-committed Sunday afternoon still stretched ahead of them . |
| 26 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
| 27 | They left him looking up at the sky again . |
| 28 | Ace found herself looking up at the sky . |
| 29 | We lay in the grass looking up at the sky and the fluttering leaves on the silver birch trees , sucking on our reed stalks and talking about girls . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's raining again , ’ Jed said , looking up at the sky . |