Example sentences of "and gazed [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier .
2 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
3 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
4 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
5 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 .
6 He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke .
7 She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging .
8 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
9 She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill .
10 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
11 She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
12 We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats .
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