Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [adj] sky " in BNC.

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1 Angalo squinted up at the blue sky .
2 Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal .
3 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
4 George glanced up at the clear sky .
5 She looked nervously at the western sky , tumultuous with dark clouds that had so hastened the dusk that the first lamps were already being lit in the city 's archways and windows .
6 He then stared up at the blue sky .
7 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 .
8 As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona .
9 Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky .
10 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 .
11 The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her .
12 Then , as it 's such a lovely evening — ’ he looked up at the painted sky ‘ — I thought I 'd wander along and see you . ’
13 Ho looked up at the dawn-streaked sky .
14 She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky .
15 I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti .
16 Julia looked up at the cloudless sky and felt the last of the day 's sun on her face .
17 She looked up at the cloudless sky .
18 The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky .
19 Selkirk looked up at the darkening sky .
20 She looked up at the clear sky .
21 He looked up at the clearing sky , darkening now into dusk .
22 He stared out at the dappled sky , trying to remember .
23 Tuppe put his hands behind his head and smiled up at the passing sky .
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