Example sentences of "[vb past] up at the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 2 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 3 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
| 4 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 5 | Her wide blue eyes swept up at the waiter as if considering him . |