Example sentences of "gazing up [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up .
2 I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell .
3 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 .
4 By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun .
5 Gazing up at the kindly , apple-cheeked face smiling down at him , Hilary suddenly made up his mind .
6 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 .
7 As the sun begins to set , I drive along Vermont gazing up at the eerie silhouettes of young Korean men armed with M-16s , machine pistols and infra-red binoculars .
8 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 .
9 He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky .
10 On the concourse people stood around gazing up at the departure and arrival boards , checking times of trains .
11 The two women remained motionless , gazing up at the ceiling as if to trace the source and direction of the footsteps .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky .
15 He 'd mounted , turned the animal in a circle , gazing up at the sheer , wet cliffs .
16 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 .
17 ‘ I love this place , ’ she murmured , gazing up at the black roof beams .
18 I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now .
19 He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions .
20 He walked without hesitation to the very front row , sat down and lay back , gazing up at the screen .
21 Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky .
22 Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan .
23 They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars .
24 ‘ No , I 'm not , ’ he said , gazing up to the ceiling , to which he was sending little puffs of cigarette smoke .
25 ‘ Look ! ’ he said , gazing up through the trees .
26 ‘ If it stops , ’ Julie added quietly , gazing up into the heavens .
27 Ruth lay beneath him , inert , gazing up into the dark depths of his eyes .
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