Example sentences of "gaze up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the outside , a passer-by will gaze up at the window , and all he will see is that lavender light . |
| 2 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 3 | I gazed up at the building . |
| 4 | Arranging the pillows against the padded head-rest , she slid down into the soft cocoon and , lying flat on her back , gazed up at the deckhead . |
| 5 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 6 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 7 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill . |
| 10 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 11 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 12 | He gazed up at the sky that was cloudless and dry — and a mountain that had a big peak . |
| 13 | Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier . |
| 14 | She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging . |
| 15 | I stole a look at Conchis as he gazed up at the picture ; he had , by no other logic than that of cultural snobbery , gained a whole new dimension of respectability for me , and I began to feel much less sure of his eccentricity and his phoniness , of my own superiority in the matter of what life was really about . |
| 16 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 17 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 18 | He sat down on the rug in front of the Anywhithers and leaned back on straight arms , gazing up at the sky . |
| 19 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 20 | On the concourse people stood around gazing up at the departure and arrival boards , checking times of trains . |
| 21 | We float in silence , listening to the melodic , descending whistle of the ubiquitous canyon wren , gazing up at the ravens and turkey vultures , scanning the cliffs for deer and sheep . |
| 22 | Hundreds of people are standing around , gazing up at the indicator and waiting for the platform of their train to be flashed up . |
| 23 | The two women remained motionless , gazing up at the ceiling as if to trace the source and direction of the footsteps . |
| 24 | I called out that we were ready , but there was no answer , and when I returned to the bedroom I found her lying back full length on the bed , her eyes open and gazing up at the ceiling with that same vacant stare . |
| 25 | Felicity was lying with her head resting on the back of her chair , gazing up at the ceiling , her long legs stretched across her desk . |
| 26 | He was gazing up at the stars , probably communing with the Mother Ship and receiving new instructions . |
| 27 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 28 | He walked without hesitation to the very front row , sat down and lay back , gazing up at the screen . |
| 29 | But on this day , an unusually cloudless Sunday late in October , I had travelled from Cornwall ; the train was two hours late , and I rushed , humping my case , past the mute crowds gazing up at the information board , towards the taxi rank . |
| 30 | Do you remember when as a child you would stand transfixed , gazing up at the grandfather clock , with your little heart beating faster and faster as the minute hand slowly crept up to the hour when suddenly , with magical ringing chimes it burst into life . |