Example sentences of "gazing [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And this year you 're crazy about Maria Luisa , ’ Ruth murmured , gazing down at the fingers she had been wringing till they were red and hot .
2 I went on my way , gazing anew at the beauties of the course .
3 The coroner , gazing longingly at the jugs of claret , was about to protest .
4 We float in silence , listening to the melodic , descending whistle of the ubiquitous canyon wren , gazing up at the ravens and turkey vultures , scanning the cliffs for deer and sheep .
5 He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions .
6 They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars .
7 Gazing listlessly at the bubbles floating to the top of her glass , she took an experimental sip .
8 Stephen lay flat , gazing out at the patterns of sunlight , his chin resting on the backs of his hands .
9 Gazing about at the walls flanking the quad , it was possible to calculate the exact position where Heather had been standing when she took it : the extreme south-western corner .
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