Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] [adj] sky " in BNC.

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1 Caro peered up to the black sky .
2 Angalo squinted up at the blue sky .
3 Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal .
4 There were further rattles of machine-gun fire and Rex found himself looking up at a troubled sky .
5 Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky .
6 Looking up to the blue sky , she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight .
7 He stares at the hydraulic dentist 's chair , angled up to an empty sky and an open sea .
8 She twisted and gazed back to where the Black Cuillins arced away in ridge after ridge of jagged stone , rearing up into a flawless sky .
9 Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past .
10 If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home .
11 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
12 Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky .
13 George glanced up at the clear sky .
14 Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun .
15 He then stared up at the blue sky .
16 I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever .
17 As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona .
18 Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky .
19 He stared up at the starlit sky and shivered , not only from the biting cold but his own sombre fear of what might await him .
20 Douglas scrambled his men and they were airborne within minutes , roaring up into the cloud-flecked sky above the waters of the Forth .
21 The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her .
22 He looked up into the black sky and waved his fist at the stars .
23 Martin looked up into the dark sky where now he could see a faint pattern of grey , scudding clouds , then whispered , ‘ I do n't think it 'll last long with this wind , and there 's more snow in the air .
24 Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’
25 Ho looked up at the dawn-streaked sky .
26 She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky .
27 I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti .
28 Julia looked up at the cloudless sky and felt the last of the day 's sun on her face .
29 She looked up at the cloudless sky .
30 The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky .
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