Example sentences of "he [verb] up at the sky " in BNC.

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1 He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak .
2 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 .
3 He glanced up at the sky .
4 He looked up at the sky .
5 He looked up at the sky .
6 He looked up at the sky .
7 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 .
8 Denis made no acknowledgement but before turning away he looked up at the sky , now completely hidden in dark cloud .
9 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 .
10 He looked up at the sky , above the blocks and squat towers of the medium-rise office blocks , and smiled at its blue , city-grimed segmentings .
11 He looked up at the sky and saw two eyes staring at him .
12 He looked up at the sky and the sun blinded him , he looked at the river and the reflections of his disfigurement hurt him .
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