Example sentences of "[noun] to heaven " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rockets send Jeff to heaven |
| 2 | Lifting up his eyes to heaven , he prayed , ‘ Lord , pity , pity , pity the ignorance of this poor city ’ . |
| 3 | Jamila raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 4 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well done , Mason , ’ said the stockbroker curtly after Jack 's eagle and Jack raised his eyes to heaven but said nothing . |
| 6 | Albert raised his eyes to heaven . |
| 7 | Christina raised her eyes to heaven . |
| 8 | Ripley ‘ became servant to this miserable female ’ , helped her on with borrowed clothes , ‘ lifted up my eyes to Heaven , and asked , Why is this not me Lord ? ’ |
| 9 | He rolled his eyes to heaven in mock devotion , and intoned , ‘ Give me a husband , ora pro nobis . |
| 10 | ‘ Immacolata has learned the recipe in her Domestic Science period at school , with some improvements , ’ Maria Filippa said , raising her eyes to heaven at the crudeness of the teacher 's version , so that her eyebrows , already high in her forehead , jumped into her hairline . |
| 11 | She felt solitary and isolated , as though she were missing out on something very necessary , while the others discussed their families , raising their eyes to heaven , complaining about the circumstances of their lives in that particular way women do when they do n't really want to change a thing . |
| 12 | " Yes , Miss Moon , " Rebecca sighed , and lifter her eyes to heaven as she opened her book . |
| 13 | I raise my eyes to heaven and scream for mercy . |
| 14 | Rex turned his eyes to Heaven . |
| 15 | Mrs. Butler brought in the tea , and raised her eyes to heaven when she saw Jenny weeping again . |
| 16 | They are usually the ghosts of people who lived evil lives during their time on earth , and are undeserving of entry to Heaven . |
| 17 | The young boy still stood behind him , one hand gripping the bag , the other balled into a tight fist , guarding Athelstan 's penny as if it was the key to heaven itself . |
| 18 | The numbers are ‘ Eighty One ’ , ‘ Four ’ , ‘ Seven Steps To Heaven ’ , and ‘ Half Nelson ’ . |
| 19 | The month kicks off with the Not-So Innocent Bystanders ' production of ‘ 3 Steps to Heaven ’ , a new music theatre piece by writer/performer Helen Trew , and directed by local actor Richard Orr . |
| 20 | Three steps to heaven that 's what it is , kill myself next time |
| 21 | As such gateways to heaven multiplied , they came to outline a new map of sacred urban topography . |
| 22 | The most inspired included ‘ East Bloc 'n' Roll ’ ( The Listener ) , ‘ Three Steppes To Heaven ’ ( NME ) , ‘ Ukraine , You Saw , You Conquered ’ ( Record Mirror ) and , perhaps best of all , with its double pun , ‘ That 's My Favourite National Dress ’ ( Sounds ) . |
| 23 | Perhaps they believed Iona was a shortcut to Heaven ? |
| 24 | And if you work off your sentence of pur you get parole to heaven at the end of it which is very nice . |
| 25 | His wife brought him , however , two books , The Plain Man 's Pathway to Heaven by Arthur Dent and The Practice of Piety by Lewis Baxley . |
| 26 | It points like a finger to heaven and like a magnet it attracts strangers passing by to come closer and investigate its history . |
| 27 | Nicotine addicts ' stairway to heaven |
| 28 | At Bethel , the place of the vision of the stairway to heaven , God promised him that he would be with him , that he would keep him wherever he went , that he would bring him back to the Land , and would not leave him . |
| 29 | I mean , how do we know you were n't playing Stairway To Heaven , Smoke On The Water or Eruption ? |
| 30 | Hint : go to your local music shop , plug into the biggest , loudest amp , play the intro to Stairway To Heaven and then follow it immediately with this one . |