Example sentences of "gazing up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 2 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 3 | On the concourse people stood around gazing up at the departure and arrival boards , checking times of trains . |
| 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 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 6 | The two women remained motionless , gazing up at the ceiling as if to trace the source and direction of the footsteps . |
| 7 | I called out that we were ready , but there was no answer , and when I returned to the bedroom I found her lying back full length on the bed , her eyes open and gazing up at the ceiling with that same vacant stare . |
| 8 | Felicity was lying with her head resting on the back of her chair , gazing up at the ceiling , her long legs stretched across her desk . |
| 9 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 10 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 11 | He walked without hesitation to the very front row , sat down and lay back , gazing up at the screen . |
| 12 | But on this day , an unusually cloudless Sunday late in October , I had travelled from Cornwall ; the train was two hours late , and I rushed , humping my case , past the mute crowds gazing up at the information board , towards the taxi rank . |
| 13 | Do you remember when as a child you would stand transfixed , gazing up at the grandfather clock , with your little heart beating faster and faster as the minute hand slowly crept up to the hour when suddenly , with magical ringing chimes it burst into life . |
| 14 | I turned to share the wonder of it , but she was gazing up at the bloom of flame surging from the chimney 's mouth , and beyond where the evening-star glittered against the deepening blue sky . |