Example sentences of "stared up at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all stared up at the great tower which soared six storeys above us . |
| 2 | Cranston , his mouth full of food , stared up at the blackened ceiling , coveting the leg of ham hooked there to be cured in the smoke . |
| 3 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 4 | He then stared up at the blue sky . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 6 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
| 7 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
| 8 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
| 9 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
| 10 | Isabel stared up at the royal castle high on its hill overlooking the town and wondered what the grim stone fortress would mean to her . |
| 11 | Athelstan went into the nave and sat at the base of a pillar , legs crossed , whilst he stared up at the high altar behind the rood screen . |
| 12 | Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky . |
| 13 | The Rifleman stared at his enemy just as many of the crowd in the entrance hall stared up at the blood-soaked Rifleman . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know what , ’ replied Mr. Gordon , looking grave as he stared up at the circling plane . |
| 15 | He stared up at the starlit sky and shivered , not only from the biting cold but his own sombre fear of what might await him . |