Example sentences of "gaze [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
| 35 | 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 ’ . |
| 36 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 37 | The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye . |
| 38 | As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant . |
| 39 | Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets . |
| 40 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 41 | He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed . |
| 42 | They were standing about as if in a daze , gazing about at the littered corpses and wounded . |
| 43 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 44 | Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory . |
| 45 | At the head of the Colca Canyon behind Cabanaconda , I gaze down at the snaking brown river , at crazy paths that fall through the smoky green evening light . |
| 46 | They proceeded slowly in the afternoon sun , Victoria content to gaze up at the massed conifers as they passed and listen to the rhythmic grating of the eight small horse-shoes on the roadway . |
| 47 | I found a quiet corner of the deck to gaze up at the moonless sky . |
| 48 | English painters never did the same , clustering at Hastings or Margate or Eastbourne to gaze out at a grumpy , monotonous Channel . |