Example sentences of "stared up at [art] ceiling " in BNC.

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1 Kebbel stared up at the ceiling .
2 He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out .
3 Maxham stared up at the ceiling .
4 Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving .
5 As they lay on the great four poster bed , their bodies entwined , Maude almost lost in Cranston 's great fat folds , Sir John stared up at the ceiling , brushing his wife 's hair with his cheek , listening to her chattering about this and that .
6 Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling .
7 Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face .
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