Example sentences of "gazed [adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The fellow gazed suspiciously round the crowded tavern .
2 The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall .
3 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 .
4 The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy .
5 In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow .
6 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
7 I gazed down at the reclining form .
8 There was a second figure , which they did n't see : high above them , Timothy Gedge gazed down from the cliff-top path .
9 Cornelius gazed in through the front window of Molly 's Wholefoods .
10 " 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 .
11 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
12 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
13 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
14 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
15 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
16 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 .
17 Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat .
18 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
19 A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome .
20 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 .
21 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 ’ .
22 Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water .
23 The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye .
24 As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant .
25 Before boarding , Elisabeth stood on the harbour wall , gazed out on the wrinkled asphalt expanse and took note of the spume that rose , here and there , from unsettled waves .
26 When the Sergeant returned with steaming liquid in a tin container , Charles warmed his hands round it and gazed out across the flat expanse of his new command .
27 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 .
28 As she gazed intently towards the small group that was her family , a great sadness filled Beth 's heart .
29 Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle .
30 I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings .
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