Example sentences of "gaze [adv] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much .
2 As Ross watched her gazing fondly down at the babies , whose heads were already covered with dark hair , and — so Laura had firmly informed him — were carbon copies of their father , he knew that he was an incredibly lucky man .
3 Bob lay in bed gazing vaguely up at the ceiling , which was glowing red in the light from the gas-fire , not entirely sure whether he was awake or asleep .
4 Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to .
5 Regan gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling , puffing away at his cigar .
6 That night was spent wrapped in a duvet , sitting on the windowsill in her room , gazing blindly out at the panorama of snow and ice below .
7 Cranston squatted down with his back to the wall , smacked his lips and gazed hungrily up at the hams and other meats hanging from ropes on the rafters to be cured .
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