Example sentences of "up [prep] the sky " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The structure appeared to have been built into the air , with scaffolding and support systems running up towards the sky . |
| 3 | The two wheels were spinning fast up against the sky , and the winding-engine rapped out its little spasms ( 9 ) . |
| 4 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 5 | up above the sky , everyone Monday morning upon the sky |
| 6 | Eugene , ‘ so uncommon as to be almost unearthly ’ , wants to go ‘ up into the sky ’ . |
| 7 | The flames shot straight up into the sky , dispersing whatever fog was in the immediate area , and we sat around on bales , as we have always done , while some members of the family let off fireworks in the background . |
| 8 | They stood around hopefully , occasionally glancing up into the sky or peering down the road as though expecting something to happen . |
| 9 | We look up into the sky , we watch the shapes of the clouds changing till we recognize a picture . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I 'm sure with all that air inside it from the balls , ’ explained Endill , ‘ It will eat a ball too many and float up into the sky for all to see . ’ |
| 11 | Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash . |
| 12 | What was happening was that the broomstick was swooping up into the sky , now dotted with stars , and that Carol was astride it , just like a witch in a fairy-tale . |
| 13 | Like a jet of blue fire one of the searchlights from the boxes played straight up into the sky . |
| 14 | Throughout the forest , in glades and clearings , unknown men were burning little piles of leaves so that they could send smoke signals up into the sky . |
| 15 | Let's fly a kite or blow some bubbles up into the sky . |
| 16 | An orange ball of flame ripped up into the sky , bathing the deck in light like a miniature sun . |
| 17 | And as if they knew it they sent another flare up into the sky , so that it glowed bright and cheerful as a street lamp above his path of retreat . |
| 18 | He stared up into the sky , his vision pulsing . |
| 19 | Again it rose from its leafy perch and soared up into the sky . |
| 20 | No , they ran across the top of the water and hammered desperately at the air with their wings and then , just when it was obvious they were n't going to achieve anything , they suddenly did ; the water dropped away and there was just the slow creak of wings pulling the goose up into the sky . |
| 21 | ‘ Then he will go up into the sky and become a star . ’ |
| 22 | When a good nome dies , NASA takes it up into the sky and it becomes a star . ’ |
| 23 | Columns of smoke were drifting up into the sky . |
| 24 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 25 | A bullet clanged monstrously loud on a brass barrel and ricocheted up into the sky . |
| 26 | Amid a buzz of excitement I heard that it was ‘ one of old Maurice 's hits ’ , and I pushed my way through the crowd just in time to see another ball sail up into the sky towards the Castle . |
| 27 | His chief current problem is visible from the Deanery windows , rearing 404 feet up into the sky , and presently sheathed in 28 miles of specially designed scaffolding . |
| 28 | Then , back up into the sky explodes the ‘ jump-jet ’ harrier and over the heath he sails . |
| 29 | She looks up into the sky in the direction of Ol Doinyo Lengai . |
| 30 | Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alice 's face . |