Example sentences of "and stare up [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 2 | Float on my back a bit and stare up at the stars . ’ |
| 3 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 4 | ‘ Come on ; do n't just lie there , ’ Andy said matter-of-factly , leaving his cock alone and lying back in the grass , putting his arm behind his head and staring up at the sky . |
| 5 | Morse stood where he was , listening , and staring up at the sky as if viewing the unsuspected behaviour of some distant galaxy . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 7 | She had let the lines go when the first brutal snap had straightened the nylon , and stood glancing back at me and staring up into the sky as I fought to control the power in the skies above us . |
| 8 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 9 | Benjamin chewed on his lip and stared up into the darkness . |
| 10 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 11 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 12 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
| 13 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 14 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
| 15 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 16 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 17 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 18 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 19 | She emerged at the bottom of the hill and stared up at the brilliantly burning pyres by the cruig-morn . |
| 20 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 21 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 22 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
| 23 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 24 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 25 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 26 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 27 | I lay back and stared up through the intricate branches into the sky . |