when I looked from vs when I looked at it from

Some examples from the web:

• When I looked up from washing my hands, both you and she had disappeared and Agent Gibbs was standing here.
• When I looked on you from my terrace tonight...
• And when I looked at you from the shutters i thought "Who will be?"
• I looked down for a second, and then when I looked up...
• When I looked at the game I realized who I was actually playing.
• When I was young, I... I looked for him everywhere.
• When I looked into his eyes I felt nothing.
• When I looked inside, I found him.
• When I looked inside, I found him.
• When I looked at yours, I could see the difference.
• I saw him when I looked at Amenabar in court.
• When I looked down again, I saw a sort of garden.
• I couldn't believe when I looked your address.
• When I looked around, I no longer saw the Arab village Isdud.
• When I was a kid, I looked really cuddly and chubby.
• You always said that I looked weird when I cried.
• So when I looked in the mirror, I'd see someone worthwhile.
• And when I looked at yours, I could see the difference.
• I looked up to him when I was young.
• Even I looked twice when I saw my posterior in these tuxedo pants.

Some examples from the web:

• When I looked at the game I realized who I was actually playing.
• When I looked at yours, I could see the difference.
• I saw him when I looked at Amenabar in court.
• And when I looked at yours, I could see the difference.
• When I looked at Alan, I saw my husband.
• My eyes popped out when I looked at my phone bill this month.
• Funny thing is when I looked at your birth certificate...
• When I looked at it, all these coincidences seemed too much.
• But when I looked at him... there was a connection.
• I was just glad to get away from him. I didn't think about it again until today when I looked at the picture I took.
• I mean, I really want to feel that thing I always felt when I looked at you before.
• Run a trace, find out. I was able to part it and when I looked at it I completely blanked out.
• I can still feel that feeling I felt when I looked at her.
• I was able to part it and when I looked at it I completely blanked out.
• When I looked at the faces of the men in the international brigades, I found I loved them immeasurably.
• But when I looked at the data, what I found was that, quite frankly, students in general, large numbers were not making it.
• And when I looked at them, I could only think one thing.
• I didn't mean anything when I looked at it, but watch this.
• Because when I looked at you I saw her face.
• But when I looked at the others, I could find no connection.