Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the sky " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 2 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 3 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 4 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 5 | He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak . |
| 6 | I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’ |
| 7 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 8 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |
| 9 | Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue . |
| 10 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 11 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 12 | Jessica glanced up at the sky . |
| 13 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 14 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 15 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 16 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
| 17 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 18 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 19 | Grimly , Delaney looked up at the sky . |
| 20 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 21 | Jonna looked up at the sky , now rapidly darkening . |
| 22 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 23 | The figure framed in the light was shorter than I had expected , thin and stooped ; he looked up at the sky and cursed a guttural curse , then started buttoning his fly . |
| 24 | Florrie took a pinch of snuff and looked up at the sky , waiting for the inevitable sneeze , and Aggie stepped back a pace . |
| 25 | When leaving the house one day , the bird suddenly cocked its head and looked up at the sky . |
| 26 | Denis made no acknowledgement but before turning away he looked up at the sky , now completely hidden in dark cloud . |
| 27 | Christina looked up at the sky which was an ominous navy blue . |
| 28 | But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone . |
| 29 | Soapy sat on a seat in Madison Square , New York , and looked up at the sky . |
| 30 | Then he looked up at the sky , and saw the plane just before it went behind a cloud on its way to Port au Prince airport . |