Example sentences of "he look up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked up into the black sky and waved his fist at the stars . |
| 2 | He looked up through the clear patch of windscreen at the clouds moving slowly and peacefully across the upper reaches of the sky . |
| 3 | Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’ |
| 4 | He looked up at the half-moon . |
| 5 | And then he looked up at the front window . |
| 6 | Then he looked up at the black smoke which came from the Forfarshire 's funnel . |
| 7 | He looked up at the lined , seamed face of the rat-catcher , framed by his black , tarry leather hood . |
| 8 | Then he looked up at the new young golden eagle who had been available under special government licence and brought in as her replacement . |
| 9 | He looked up at the great tower soaring above him . |
| 10 | Detective Inspector Frank Gregson tapped agitatedly on the steering wheel as he looked up at the red light , waiting for it to change . |
| 11 | He looked up at the pale white sky above the half-ruined trees . |
| 12 | A smell of new shoes from another workshop wafted around him as he looked up at the old , stopped clock jutting out , two-faced , over the pavement from the first floor of the workshop , hands frozen at twenty-past-two ( he glanced at his watch ; it was actually 3:49 ) . |
| 13 | He looked up at the clearing sky , darkening now into dusk . |
| 14 | He looked up at the white tower . |
| 15 | He looked up at the formidable stone keep of Gloucester Castle towering three storeys above him and wondered if there was danger within , although his task was straightforward enough . |