Example sentences of "[noun] gazed [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie gazed at the huge , ugly monster with his great broad head and tiny protuding eyes . |
| 2 | Dame Frances gazed round the small kitchen of the novitiate . |
| 3 | Nervously Meredith gazed at the open water ahead and then back at Venice , the minarets and bell-towers , the tall palaces just a distant unfocused blur in the morning mist . |
| 4 | The superintendent gazed at the blank TV screen before suddenly turning to Franks , her eyes drained of laughter . |
| 5 | Her eyes gazed at the yellow light on the ceiling . |
| 6 | Corbett gazed at the distant line of trees . |
| 7 | The Pastor gazed at the bare , raftered ceiling . |
| 8 | Jake gazed across the dim dunes again , still gripping her in his arm : and it felt now as if he held her just for comfort — his own , perhaps , as much as hers . |
| 9 | Then would come tea up in the parlour — winkles , usually , extracted with a pin — as the young visitors gazed around the cluttered but tasteful room with its ubiquitous red plush and velvet and its ruby glass and ornaments with glass-drop clusters . |
| 10 | Maggie gazed at the twenty-foot-long boat that was her father 's main source of livelihood . |
| 11 | Willie gazed at the gentle way he fingered the udders and at the warm white liquid spurting down into a bucket underneath . |
| 12 | Theodora gazed at the extraordinary , the unlooked-for information . |
| 13 | Athelstan gazed at the grey cowled figures with their staffs and bowls for alms . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , Alexai Ybreska gazed upon the weed-festooned mound with a beam of satisfaction . |
| 15 | Barry gazed upon the other Rex . |
| 16 | Charsky gazed around the hushed audience , hoping to catch sight of a friend whose kind smile might give him strength . |
| 17 | A sneering face gazed at the caged men . |
| 18 | In the dark of the year the little penguin gazed at the wild lights of Aurora 's Dancers whirling above her . |