Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gaze [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
2 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 .
3 She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
4 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
5 Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky .
6 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
7 Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier .
8 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
9 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 .
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