Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] up at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
| 2 | He gestured angrily up at the litter bin . |
| 3 | Rodo glanced confusedly up at the ceiling , half expecting the roof to collapse in on him . |
| 4 | Whereas the West Mainland never goes really up at the end of the sentence or at least not to the same extent . |
| 5 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 6 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 7 | I like it because it 's old , and grey , and dark , and yet I hate — ’ He did not finish what he was saying , staring angrily up at the windows on the top floor of his house . |
| 8 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 9 | Bob lay in bed gazing vaguely up at the ceiling , which was glowing red in the light from the gas-fire , not entirely sure whether he was awake or asleep . |
| 10 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 11 | He crowed suddenly up at the drawings tacked on the wall , then at other times was perfectly quiet and lovely , just looking at things , motes of light , bits of fluff , a pencil . |
| 12 | Regan gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling , puffing away at his cigar . |
| 13 | Cranston squatted down with his back to the wall , smacked his lips and gazed hungrily up at the hams and other meats hanging from ropes on the rafters to be cured . |