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

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1 Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier .
2 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 .
3 He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke .
4 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
5 She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging .
6 Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water .
7 Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park .
8 They did not immediately sit down , but leaned on the low parapet and gazed out over the river and the mountains , she with her head inclined towards his , he with a hand resting on her shoulder .
9 She grew bored , and gazed out of the window , at the fading winter light and the fluttering descent of the snow .
10 Iris yawned , put her hands behind her head and gazed out of the window .
11 With a hesitant smile she turned away from him , and sipped what was left of her champagne and gazed out of the window .
12 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
13 Cornelius drew the curtains and gazed out upon the day .
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