Example sentences of "and [verb] up at the sky " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ So I 've heard , ’ answered George , rolling onto his back and looking up at the sky , while he chewed a stalk of grass . |
3 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
4 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
5 | ‘ Come on ; do n't just lie there , ’ Andy said matter-of-factly , leaving his cock alone and lying back in the grass , putting his arm behind his head and staring up at the sky . |
6 | Morse stood where he was , listening , and staring up at the sky as if viewing the unsuspected behaviour of some distant galaxy . |
7 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
8 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
9 | Florrie took a pinch of snuff and looked up at the sky , waiting for the inevitable sneeze , and Aggie stepped back a pace . |
10 | When leaving the house one day , the bird suddenly cocked its head and looked up at the sky . |
11 | Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square , New York , and looked up at the sky . |
12 | Suddenly they froze and looked up at the sky . |
13 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |