Example sentences of "gaze [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall . |
| 2 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 3 | He paused only the once , gazing down at the burnt meat that had been his friend and comrade for so long . |
| 4 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 5 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 6 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 7 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 8 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 9 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 10 | They reached Airman 's Grave and paused together beside its perimeter wall , gazing in at the poignant tribute to one victim of a long-ago conflict , though not as long-ago , it occurred to Derek , as the conflict which had recently extended its crabbed old hand to touch their lives . |
| 11 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 12 | After the shopping Denis would sit in the orderly room , watching his father write in ledgers twice as wide and twenty times as thick as his school exercise-books , or he 'd gaze longingly at the Royal Irish Constabulary uniforms of his father 's colleagues with their shining buttons and belts hanging neatly from pegs on the wall , the caps , the spiked helmets and the little pill-box hats of the cavalry police lined up , as if on parade , on a table along with whistle-chains , handcuff-cases and batons . |
| 13 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 14 | " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full . |
| 15 | " Oh boy , " breathed Chuck Sherman , gazing longingly at the impenetrable green wall of tropical foliage slipping past only a few yards from the ship 's rail , " this is going to make the mountains of West Virginia seem a bit tame . |
| 16 | Jane gazed up at the towering bulk . |
| 17 | Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade . |
| 18 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula . |
| 21 | In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat . |
| 24 | She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky . |
| 25 | Gazing up at the kindly , apple-cheeked face smiling down at him , Hilary suddenly made up his mind . |
| 26 | He 'd mounted , turned the animal in a circle , gazing up at the sheer , wet cliffs . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ I love this place , ’ she murmured , gazing up at the black roof beams . |