Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] at [art] ceiling " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm . |
| 2 | Quinn replaced the phone , walked to the long couch , lay on his back with his hands clasped behind his head and stared at the ceiling . |
| 3 | Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body . |
| 4 | Leonora turned on her back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 5 | She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling . |
| 6 | Sladen bent carefully back in his chair and frowned at the ceiling . |
| 7 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 8 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 9 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 10 | She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch . |
| 11 | Laying my pack of cigarettes on the table , I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling . |
| 12 | She was biting her lip and looking at the ceiling , as if willing herself awake . |