Example sentences of "up [conj] saw [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam looked up and saw a storm-trooper running towards him , waving his hand . |
| 2 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 3 | Elizabeth looked up and saw a brown uniform and a friendly face , framed in the lovely black hair typical of the Maltese . |
| 4 | He looked up and saw a plane following him down ; it too had a battered wing-tip . |
| 5 | He looked up and saw a wooden stave falling towards his head . |
| 6 | Leila looked up and saw the man standing in the doorway , recognising him immediately for a creature less human than Sindy or any of her contemporaries . |
| 7 | Suddenly , there was a commotion at the door and I looked up and saw the skinny preacher walk in . |
| 8 | I looked up and saw the ghost of a frown . |
| 9 | He looked up and saw the vicar carrying a book that looked more like an illustrated part work from W. H. Smith 's than Holy Writ . |
| 10 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 11 | The thought of it scared them so much they turned all the lights out and went straight upstairs without even taking a candle in case he came up and saw the light under their door . |
| 12 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 13 | Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're bloody choosing the rooms already , ’ said another voice , deep and loud , and from somewhere above ceiling level , and Preston looked up and saw the man who must be Louis , hanging over the banisters on the landing . |
| 15 | She looked up and saw the high , gleaming shape of a Rolls-Royce double parked beside a taxi . |
| 16 | Clare looked up and saw the tallest man she had ever seen ; he had curly black hair and black-lashed , dark brown eyes , now filled with worry . |
| 17 | I looked up and saw the moon had risen . |
| 18 | When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees . |
| 19 | Donna looked up and saw the steward coming up the aisle . |
| 20 | She glanced up and saw the knife hidden inside his jacket . |
| 21 | Dexter looked up and saw the superintendent 's heavy-lidded eyes still narrowed with concentration . |
| 22 | He was not impressed : " Oh , I dare say she woke up and saw the fire through her bedroom window . |
| 23 | She picked it up and saw the name Jarrett Keach flowing across it in brown mock handwriting which was presumably a facsimile of Jarrett 's own signature . |
| 24 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess . |
| 25 | Carl looked up and saw the young air hostess staring at them . |
| 26 | Carl looked up and saw the girl watching them . |
| 27 | Then he looked up and saw the great rat . |
| 28 | Glastonbury looked up and saw the hovering Amiss . |
| 29 | But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street , watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it . |
| 30 | He looked up and saw the glasses . |