Example sentences of "[conj] stared up at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop .
2 He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist .
3 He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out .
4 Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling .
5 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 .
6 The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky .
7 They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them .
8 I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue .
9 ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house .
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