Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] at the ceiling " in BNC.

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1 He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke .
2 He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling .
3 Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling .
4 He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling .
5 She lay in Charlotte 's bed and looked up at the ceiling that Charlotte had festooned with shawls and old curtains and Indian bedspreads ( there was a definite small weight in one of those hammocks : what lay there ?
6 He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away .
7 She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling .
8 He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out .
9 Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling .
10 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 .
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