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

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1 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 .
2 Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure .
3 The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy .
4 In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow .
5 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
6 I gazed down at the reclining form .
7 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
8 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
9 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
10 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 .
11 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
12 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
13 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 .
14 Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat .
15 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
16 She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
17 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 ’ .
18 Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water .
19 The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye .
20 As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant .
21 Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves .
25 Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory .
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