Example sentences of "[vb past] up [prep] the sky " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashley swerved towards it , but as she ran the ambulance came to a halt beside a pad where a helicopter waited , a stretcher was ferried aboard and the helicopter rose up into the sky . |
| 2 | The great beeches towered up towards the sky , their grey smooth trunks like the columns of an abbey church , and about their roots short grasses grew , gay with harebells and scentless violets among which indolently flitted small butterflies more blue than the flowers . |
| 3 | Hrun peered up at the sky . |
| 4 | Straining her eyes , Chesarynth squinted up into the sky outside the neat polished world of the dome . |
| 5 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 6 | As dawn came up in the sky we made preparations to move back to our own lines , covering our withdrawal and keeping careful watch for any signs of the enemy . |
| 7 | An orange ball of flame ripped up into the sky , bathing the deck in light like a miniature sun . |
| 8 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 9 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 10 | He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak . |
| 11 | More usually , however , each wave shows an elliptical strip of the sky , light , from the horizon , with a dark reflection in its middle ; the whole surrounded by the less dark but increasingly rich colour made up from the sky above added to the colour of the water itself . |
| 12 | The sun crept up into the sky , with the long chain of warm , golden days remaining unbroken . |
| 13 | Again it rose from its leafy perch and soared up into the sky . |
| 14 | Ruth squeezed tight her eyes and swallowed hard as the aircraft soared up into the sky . |
| 15 | I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |
| 18 | Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 21 | Jessica glanced up at the sky . |
| 22 | Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alice 's face . |
| 23 | A bullet clanged monstrously loud on a brass barrel and ricocheted up into the sky . |
| 24 | He stared up into the sky , his vision pulsing . |
| 25 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 26 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 27 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 28 | I moved closer to the entrance to the trench , pushed aside one of the heavy pieces of wood , and looked up at the sky . |
| 29 | He looked up at the sky . |
| 30 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |