Example sentences of "[adv] up at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next morning , he laced up his walking boots while Detective Furness , squinting doubtfully up at the cloudy sky , telephoned the mountain rescue post on the other side of the peak to advise the guide of their intentions . |
| 2 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 3 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
| 4 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 5 | She was lying stretched out , her head against a pillow of lichen-covered stone , her eyes staring straight up at the incredible blue of the sky . |
| 6 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |
| 7 | She looked hastily up at the rising land behind her , saw nobody , and hitched her skirts up to tuck them into her waistband . |