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Example sentences of "[verb] up at the [adj] sky " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Angalo squinted up at the blue sky .
2	Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal .
3	Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky .
4	Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past .
5	She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
6	Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky .
7	George glanced up at the clear sky .
8	Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun .
9	He then stared up at the blue sky .
10	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 .
11	As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona .
12	Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky .
13	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 .
14	The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her .
15	Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’
16	Ho looked up at the dawn-streaked sky .
17	She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky .
18	I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti .
19	Julia looked up at the cloudless sky and felt the last of the day 's sun on her face .
20	She looked up at the cloudless sky .
21	The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky .
22	Selkirk looked up at the darkening sky .
23	She looked up at the clear sky .
24	He looked up at the clearing sky , darkening now into dusk .
25	Tuppe put his hands behind his head and smiled up at the passing sky .
26	I found a quiet corner of the deck to gaze up at the moonless sky .