Example sentences of "gazing at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
2 | He was gazing at her with an infuriating world-weariness suggesting he 'd heard her argument a hundred times before . |
3 | She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the red firelight . |
4 | Gazing at her in the hall was the stuffed body of Grandpa 's black clumber spaniel , Pickwick . |
5 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
6 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
7 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
8 | I took a sheet of paper out of the folder and held the page of scribbled , multi-coloured notes up , resting it on one raised knee , gazing at it with a critical look , wondering if Verity could see what I was doing . |
9 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
10 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |