Example sentences of "[noun sg] and gazed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 2 | Bragg looked up angrily , then walked to the window and gazed at the church tower beyond . |
| 3 | He walked into the lobby without a word , entered the kitchen and gazed at the four prisoners . |
| 4 | He raised the lid and gazed at the brightly coloured pots . |
| 5 | Five years ago , the cabinetmaker John Nethercott and his wife Annie stood in the drizzle and gazed at the leprous grey hulk of Upper House , Discoed . |
| 6 | A low drone of talk hummed in the hut , and Holly lay on his back on his bunk and gazed at the roof rafters and counted the time between each fall of a water drop to his feet . |
| 7 | Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body . |
| 8 | He lit a cigarette and gazed at the page of his book until the printed words ceased to dance about . |
| 9 | Joseph fingered his rifle and gazed at the pretty little muntjac . |
| 10 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 11 | She bent closer to the painting and gazed at the master 's signature . |