Example sentences of "gazed [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 4 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 5 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 6 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 7 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 8 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 9 | " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full . |
| 10 | Jane gazed up at the towering bulk . |
| 11 | Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade . |
| 12 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 13 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 14 | Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula . |
| 15 | In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat . |
| 18 | She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky . |
| 19 | A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome . |
| 20 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
| 21 | Others quietly practised on the putting green or , half-asleep , gazed out at the distant sweep of the Est Sands as though the jogging figure of Eric Liddell and his dog might materialise from ‘ Chariots of Fire ’ . |
| 22 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 23 | The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye . |
| 24 | As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant . |
| 25 | Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle . |
| 28 | Angel 's fingers drummed angrily on the steering wheel as he gazed moodily at the long , straight road ahead of them . |
| 29 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 30 | 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 . |