Example sentences of "gazing out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 2 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 3 | In one of the explicit love notes Fiona wrote : I 'm gazing out of the circular window in my office thinking of us . |
| 4 | The electronic strains of a synthesized choir could be heard above the rumbling exhausts and Harry , gazing out at the tinsel-hung shopfronts , wondered if it was this jangling ubiquity of Christmas spirit which made his fellow men and women seem so dismally ignoble . |
| 5 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 6 | She went to the window and opened it , gazing out at the magnificent view over the vast lake . |
| 7 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
| 8 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 9 | Gazing out at the grey sky turning slowly blue , or glancing aimlessly through the newspaper 's parade of politics , fashion , commerce and sport , Charlotte felt a numb remoteness from the wider world . |
| 10 | They sit here day after day , gazing out into the middle distance , letting their problems stockpile to nothing more complicated than yet another sunny day on the porch of a listing old house . |
| 11 | Overcome by emotion , she turned away , gazing out over the black waters of the reservoir . |
| 12 | Lucien remained alone on the roof , gazing out over the shimmering city . |
| 13 | Viscount Dacre stood by the open window of an opulent upstairs saloon , gazing out upon the vast estates he had inherited . |