Example sentences of "stare [adv] up at the " in BNC.

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1 Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue .
2 A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him .
3 She was lying stretched out , her head against a pillow of lichen-covered stone , her eyes staring straight up at the incredible blue of the sky .
4 She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling .
5 I like it because it 's old , and grey , and dark , and yet I hate — ’ He did not finish what he was saying , staring angrily up at the windows on the top floor of his house .
6 Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling .
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