Example sentences of "[conj] stared up at the [noun] " 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 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 8 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 9 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 10 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |