Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] sky " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picture them , Tabitha Jute and Marco Metz , as they walk out across the spaceport tarmac this chilly Schiaparelli evening , to climb aboard the not-quite-redeemed Alice and take off into the Martian sky , bound on a journey that will take them to Plenty — and far , far beyond . |
| 2 | Out in the gulf a tommahawk missile drills up into the ink-black sky fired from the U S battle ship Wisconsin . |
| 3 | Martin looked up into the dark sky where now he could see a faint pattern of grey , scudding clouds , then whispered , ‘ I do n't think it 'll last long with this wind , and there 's more snow in the air . |
| 4 | Fireworks burst up into the dark sky , then fizz to nothing . |
| 5 | The house was quite high on the slopes and he could see the main road down into the town , and behind that the mountains on the other side of the valley sweeping up into the changing skies . |
| 6 | Douglas scrambled his men and they were airborne within minutes , roaring up into the cloud-flecked sky above the waters of the Forth . |
| 7 | He looked up into the black sky and waved his fist at the stars . |
| 8 | Somewhere high up in the cloudless sky , hidden by the leafy canopy , an aeroplane droned lazily , the sound mirrored closer at hand by the drowsy noise of insects . |
| 9 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 10 | Looking up to the blue sky , she watched the many birds flying overhead , chattering and screaming as they passed out of sight . |
| 11 | Caro peered up to the black sky . |
| 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 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 14 | Next , look up at the blue sky — and notice a small , dark cloud drifting past . |
| 15 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 16 | Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun . |
| 17 | He then stared up at the blue sky . |
| 18 | Tuppe put his hands behind his head and smiled up at the passing sky . |
| 19 | Ho looked up at the dawn-streaked sky . |
| 20 | Harriet squinted up at the dark sky with businesslike appraisal . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Selkirk looked up at the darkening sky . |
| 23 | She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky . |
| 24 | Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky . |
| 25 | The pity of it all , she mused sadly and lay back on the rug and blinked up at the darkening sky above her . |
| 26 | I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti . |
| 27 | Julia looked up at the cloudless sky and felt the last of the day 's sun on her face . |
| 28 | Robyn lay on her back looking up at the cloudless sky . |
| 29 | She looked up at the cloudless sky . |
| 30 | 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 . |