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

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1 ‘ 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 .
2 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
3 Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves .
4 Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath .
5 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 .
6 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
7 Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks .
8 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
9 Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets .
10 They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them .
11 Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure .
12 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
13 Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room .
14 As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant .
15 As the door closed behind him , Hilary gazed back at the paint chart , feeling abandoned and lost .
16 From his precarious position on an ice field , Charsky gazed down at the valley , so unutterably remote .
17 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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