Example sentences of "[noun prp] gaze [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 Bernice gazed stupidly at the engineer .
2 ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim .
3 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
4 Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves .
5 Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath .
6 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 .
7 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
8 Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks .
9 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
10 Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets .
11 Pooley gazed fixedly at the table .
12 Leon gazed intently at the line of adolescent faces .
13 Detective Chief Inspector John McLeish gazed doubtfully at the plate before him .
14 They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them .
15 Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure .
16 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
17 Cranston gazed speculatively at the ceiling .
18 Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room .
19 As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant .
20 As the door closed behind him , Hilary gazed back at the paint chart , feeling abandoned and lost .
21 And he was gone , leaving Isabel to gaze blankly at the wooden panels of the door while she cudgelled her brain , trying to decide what had caused such an astounding about-face .
22 From his precarious position on an ice field , Charsky gazed down at the valley , so unutterably remote .
23 But it too is a close-up showing only head and shoulders , with Todd gazing straight at the camera .
24 Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers .
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