Example sentences of "gazing [adv] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood by the fireplace , gazing despairingly at the mouthpiece of the telephone . |
| 2 | I went on my way , gazing anew at the beauties of the course . |
| 3 | The coroner , gazing longingly at the jugs of claret , was about to protest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The two women remained motionless , gazing up at the ceiling as if to trace the source and direction of the footsteps . |
| 6 | I turned to share the wonder of it , but she was gazing up at the bloom of flame surging from the chimney 's mouth , and beyond where the evening-star glittered against the deepening blue sky . |
| 7 | gazing back at the work to be done |
| 8 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 9 | Stephen lay flat , gazing out at the patterns of sunlight , his chin resting on the backs of his hands . |
| 10 | Donna stood at the window a moment longer , gazing out at the people in the street below . |