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

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1 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 .
2 The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy .
3 In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow .
4 The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch .
5 I gazed down at the reclining form .
6 Jane gazed up at the towering bulk .
7 Tuppe gazed up at the crumbling façade .
8 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
9 Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula .
10 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
11 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 .
12 Gazed up at the clear evening sky and slouched away without his coat .
13 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
14 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 ’ .
15 Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water .
16 The sergeant gazed out at the suburban garden with a gardener 's informed eye .
17 As Ashley gazed out at the little boy , her chin took on a stubborn slant .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
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