Example sentences of "gaze [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | ‘ I love this place , ’ she murmured , gazing up at the black roof beams . |
| 35 | Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky . |
| 36 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 37 | Ruth lay beneath him , inert , gazing up into the dark depths of his eyes . |
| 38 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 39 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 40 | In one of the explicit love notes Fiona wrote : I 'm gazing out of the circular window in my office thinking of us . |
| 41 | The electronic strains of a synthesized choir could be heard above the rumbling exhausts and Harry , gazing out at the tinsel-hung shopfronts , wondered if it was this jangling ubiquity of Christmas spirit which made his fellow men and women seem so dismally ignoble . |
| 42 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 43 | She went to the window and opened it , gazing out at the magnificent view over the vast lake . |
| 44 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
| 45 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 46 | Gazing out at the grey sky turning slowly blue , or glancing aimlessly through the newspaper 's parade of politics , fashion , commerce and sport , Charlotte felt a numb remoteness from the wider world . |
| 47 | They sit here day after day , gazing out into the middle distance , letting their problems stockpile to nothing more complicated than yet another sunny day on the porch of a listing old house . |
| 48 | Overcome by emotion , she turned away , gazing out over the black waters of the reservoir . |
| 49 | Lucien remained alone on the roof , gazing out over the shimmering city . |
| 50 | Viscount Dacre stood by the open window of an opulent upstairs saloon , gazing out upon the vast estates he had inherited . |
| 51 | As he gazed out over the still wet cobblestones , all he could see was the glimmer of lights — lights on the barrack square , lights on the sentry posts at the main gates , lights in the barrack huts , and beyond them the lights of the hospital 's east wing . |
| 52 | Lady Ursula Berowne sat immobile in her sitting room on the fourth floor of 62 Campden Hill Square and gazed out over the top boughs of the plane trees as if at some far distant unseeable vista . |
| 53 | Rather than watch them go , I stayed by the sink and gazed out over the playing fields . |
| 54 | He gazed out through the curtainless window on to the well-lit , virtually deserted parking-area : only his own red Jaguar and two white police cars . |
| 55 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
| 56 | Others quietly practised on the putting green or , half-asleep , gazed out at the distant sweep of the Est Sands as though the jogging figure of Eric Liddell and his dog might materialise from ‘ Chariots of Fire ’ . |
| 57 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 58 | The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye . |
| 59 | As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant . |
| 60 | Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets . |