Example sentences of "gaze [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He paused only the once , gazing down at the burnt meat that had been his friend and comrade for so long . |
| 3 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 4 | She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate . |
| 5 | Could you repeat the bit about the insect-headed aliens gazing down from the spinning globules of light ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 8 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 9 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 10 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 11 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 12 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 13 | He walked to the window and gazed down through the net curtains . |
| 14 | There was a second figure , which they did n't see : high above them , Timothy Gedge gazed down from the cliff-top path . |
| 15 | Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure . |
| 16 | Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | From the third floor offices of the NME you could gaze down on the clueless hordes below . |
| 19 | Jane gazed up at the towering bulk . |
| 20 | Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade . |
| 21 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula . |
| 24 | In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat . |
| 27 | She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky . |
| 28 | Robyn gazed up into the strong , compelling face . |
| 29 | Gazing up at the kindly , apple-cheeked face smiling down at him , Hilary suddenly made up his mind . |
| 30 | He 'd mounted , turned the animal in a circle , gazing up at the sheer , wet cliffs . |