Example sentences of "looked [adv prt] at the sky " in BNC.

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1 I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky .
2 He looked up at the sky .
3 General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky .
4 Grimly , Delaney looked up at the sky .
5 He looked up at the sky .
6 Jonna looked up at the sky , now rapidly darkening .
7 He looked up at the sky .
8 The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly .
9 Florrie took a pinch of snuff and looked up at the sky , waiting for the inevitable sneeze , and Aggie stepped back a pace .
10 When leaving the house one day , the bird suddenly cocked its head and looked up at the sky .
11 Denis made no acknowledgement but before turning away he looked up at the sky , now completely hidden in dark cloud .
12 Christina looked up at the sky which was an ominous navy blue .
13 But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone .
14 Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square , New York , and looked up at the sky .
15 Then he looked up at the sky , and saw the plane just before it went behind a cloud on its way to Port au Prince airport .
16 The wind was strengthening in their faces , and more than one man looked up at the sky in puzzlement .
17 He looked up at the sky , above the blocks and squat towers of the medium-rise office blocks , and smiled at its blue , city-grimed segmentings .
18 Instinctively she looked up at the sky .
19 Pushing her way through the hordes of little black boys with bones through their noses , she looked up at the sky .
20 She looked up at the sky , where vultures were gathering .
21 I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass .
22 Suddenly they froze and looked up at the sky .
23 He looked up at the sky and saw two eyes staring at him .
24 I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground .
25 Sir Gerard looked up at the sky .
26 He looked up at the sky and the sun blinded him , he looked at the river and the reflections of his disfigurement hurt him .
27 Gurder looked back at the sky again .
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