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 . |