Example sentences of "she gazed [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 2 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 3 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 4 | Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle . |
| 5 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 6 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 7 | She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore . |
| 8 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 9 | She gazed accusingly at the sheepless landscape . |
| 10 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 11 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 12 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 13 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 14 | Lying on her back , stretched flat beneath the sheet , she gazed abstractedly at the oblong of high , cobalt-blue sky framed in the window . |