Example sentences of "gazing [adv] at the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 2 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 3 | ‘ I must have my own , ’ Alexandra said to Penman , gazing absently at the silver tray he brought her , ‘ must n't I ? |
| 4 | He seemed to be gazing up at the night sky . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Pavel sat gazing out at the loading area as the man looked through a small number of memos and facsimile messages . |
| 8 | This was all quite accepted , but he could n't rid himself of the memory of his wife gazing blankly at the breakfast table with only the prospect of clearing it . |
| 9 | Gazing blankly at the colour chart that was thrust into her hands , she felt as though she was falling apart at the seams , as though all the muscles and tendons that were holding her body together were snapping one by one . |
| 10 | Do n't these people realise that dozens of reviewers are likely to spend several hours gazing blankly at the album sleeve as they try to come up with some natty simile to describe the musical contents therein ? |