Example sentences of "gazed [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh dear ’ , said Theodora , as she gazed after the familiar vehicle . |
| 2 | He breathed a huge sigh and gazed into the dark water . |
| 3 | She gazed into the middle distance . |
| 4 | Instead she gazed into the dully glowing ashes of the dying fire and remembered a wild , enchanted garden and a tender , handsome soldier who had awoken her to approaching womanhood with one gentle kiss and a rose . |
| 5 | After settling her bill , she went for a walk through the hotel grounds , ending up beside a pretty little river meandering gently through a meadow , and sat down on a boulder , barely feeling the coolness of the air as she gazed into the silvery , rippling waters . |
| 6 | Theda 's deep grey eyes grew dark with distress as she gazed into the vicious blackness of Lady Merchiston 's own . |
| 7 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 8 | Her hands dropped to her sides as she gazed into the cracked mirror . |
| 9 | Dame Frances gazed round the small kitchen of the novitiate . |
| 10 | Rosie too was wiping away tears ; she gazed round the old familiar room and asked , ‘ Where 's Connor ? |
| 11 | But as she gazed from the French windows on the tangle of weeds outside , and the now dense greenery of Switham Thicket , a plea formed in her mind as she thought of Lady Merchiston upstairs , in conference with her man of business . |
| 12 | Barry gazed upon the other Rex . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Alexai Ybreska gazed upon the weed-festooned mound with a beam of satisfaction . |
| 14 | Slowly raising his head , he gazed over the shattered , bemused figure in his arms , to give Carole a beaming smile . |
| 15 | She gazed at the moonlit/sunlit clouds below her — desert , lakes , river-ribbons , an ocean . |
| 16 | Her deeply lined face was creased into a smile as she gazed at the tiny ear in her hand . |
| 17 | Maggie gazed at the twenty-foot-long boat that was her father 's main source of livelihood . |
| 18 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 19 | Fair-haired Jews from Moscow and Leningrad mingled with olive-skinned Georgians to read the Cyrillic slogans welcoming them and then sank down in rows of plastic chairs or gazed at the panoramic photograph of Jerusalem covering an entire wall . |
| 20 | Willie gazed at the gentle way he fingered the udders and at the warm white liquid spurting down into a bucket underneath . |
| 21 | He gazed at the deep reds , purples and blues that dominated the central figure in the painting , feeling certain he 'd seen the image somewhere before . |
| 22 | She gazed at the new arrangement , absent-mindedly reached for the tea Julia had placed near her elbow and drank . |
| 23 | She barely gazed at the other women who clustered round staring , washing forgotten in the excitement of this unexpected entertainment . |
| 24 | He gazed at the two scraps of blue thread and the single button as if they were the contents of Aladdin 's cave and then turned admiring eyes on Melissa . |
| 25 | He gazed at the two Sub-prioresses who were staring fixedly at him . |
| 26 | Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches . |
| 27 | Victoria , oddly quenched , sat at Aunt Margaret 's feet and gazed at the shifting patterns in the fire , singing to herself a wordless , keening song . |
| 28 | Five years ago , the cabinetmaker John Nethercott and his wife Annie stood in the drizzle and gazed at the leprous grey hulk of Upper House , Discoed . |
| 29 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 30 | She gazed at the small , gaudily dressed figure ; the clown , the madman , the genius . |