Example sentences of "[verb] up at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He lay grinning up at me on the water , spreadeagled on his back with his arms splayed .
2 Meredith , looking up at it in the sunshine , felt five years old again .
3 Ellen dropped an awed curtsy , rounded eyes gazing up at him over the pile of red woollen mantle in her arms .
4 ‘ Of course , Doctor , ’ murmured Judy , gazing up at him through the dark crescents of her attractively long lashes .
5 He glanced up at her from the bottom of the ladder .
6 ‘ Brest ’ stared up at her from the pavement .
7 His own address stared up at him in the same black hand
8 Lucie stared up at him from the plank floor , his eyebrows twitching with dismay .
9 When at last the child was comforted , Māilo looked up at me across the fire .
10 I had reached the letter " C " and as the word " Castration " looked up at me from the page I was jerked back to Rory .
11 Her reflection looked up at her from the dark water .
12 He looked up at her from the bed , his cheeks flushed with the exertions of his performance , the taps on his shoes exposed to her scrutiny .
13 I looked up at him on the other side of the table , at his severe eyes on mine .
14 Iago looked up at him over the wine with a face suddenly bright , astonished and disarmed , and burst into a muted crow of laughter .
15 She glared up at him through the darkness , her fingers clinging to the reassuring warmth of his broad shoulders .
16 " Coming out to play ? " he said , smiling up at her in the sunlight .
17 Turning around to peer up at him in the gathering darkness , Laura had no clue what he was thinking as she viewed his bland expression , which echoed the studied unconcern in his voice .
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