Example sentences of "gaze [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by .
2 He paused only the once , gazing down at the burnt meat that had been his friend and comrade for so long .
3 She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate .
4 They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise .
5 The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy .
6 In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow .
7 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
8 I gazed down at the reclining form .
9 There was a second figure , which they did n't see : high above them , Timothy Gedge gazed down from the cliff-top path .
10 Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods .
11 They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives .
12 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
13 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
14 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
15 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
16 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
17 She sat quite still , the little book in her lap and gazed up at the pale candle flame , hardly seeing it , so busy was her inward eye upon the scenes that had held her in thrall for two hours or more .
18 Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat .
19 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
20 By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun .
21 ‘ I love this place , ’ she murmured , gazing up at the black roof beams .
22 Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky .
23 ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels .
24 When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south .
25 In one of the explicit love notes Fiona wrote : I 'm gazing out of the circular window in my office thinking of us .
26 She went to the window and opened it , gazing out at the magnificent view over the vast lake .
27 Gazing out at the grey sky turning slowly blue , or glancing aimlessly through the newspaper 's parade of politics , fashion , commerce and sport , Charlotte felt a numb remoteness from the wider world .
28 They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli .
29 They sit here day after day , gazing out into the middle distance , letting their problems stockpile to nothing more complicated than yet another sunny day on the porch of a listing old house .
30 Lucien remained alone on the roof , gazing out over the shimmering city .
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