Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at the sky " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 2 | Faced with actually going back to the barn , she was not now so serene about it as she had been when she was lying in the field and gazing at the sky . |
| 3 | But her mother 's letter introduced into her head again that debilitating pressure she had felt in hospital — the feeling which was the opposite of sitting in her watch-tower and gazing at the sky . |
| 4 | Others might be talking to their girlfriends or just idly smoking and looking at the sky . |
| 5 | They would instantly begin questioning the way the world had been running since their enforced absence , and they would not approve ; whereas those who lay softly beneath the blowing grasses , the quiet slate , had long since turned over in rest and when they woke would wake like children and smile at the sky . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky . |
| 7 | She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip . |
| 8 | Helen and I climbed into Anerley Park and lay down on our backs on the grass by the swings , and looked at the sky , and pulled our clothes down . |
| 9 | In dark glasses , white dress , gold chain , she sat and looked at the sky . |
| 10 | Uncle Alfred lifted his head and looked at the sky . |
| 11 | When the policeman told him what was wanted he removed his hat , wiped his brow and looked at the sky — it was mid-afternoon , and there would be only three hours of light remaining . |
| 12 | She went to the window and looked at the sky . |
| 13 | He blew out his fat , purpled cheeks , dug his hands deep in his breeches pockets and looked at the sky with a martyred air . |
| 14 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 15 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 16 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 17 | Then she fell back on the turf and stared at the sky until she deemed it time to go home . |
| 18 | Cranston steadied himself carefully on the icy cobbles and stared at the sky . |
| 19 | She lay on her back and laughed at the sky . |