Example sentences of "gazing out at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We continue drinking , gazing out at a sea now almost as redundant as five o'clock tea or straw boaters , both commonplace back in the 1950s when the children in Lord of the Flies became violent in the midst of their paradisical island , at precisely this magical hour of five o'clock , and in the living room , that sweetly British interior , flowering the semi-darkness into a plethora of chair covers and curtains , sprigged bone china and mums in Liberty-print dresses … |
| 2 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
| 3 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 6 | She went to the window and opened it , gazing out at the magnificent view over the vast lake . |
| 7 | Pavel sat gazing out at the loading area as the man looked through a small number of memos and facsimile messages . |
| 8 | Gazing out at the grey sky turning slowly blue , or glancing aimlessly through the newspaper 's parade of politics , fashion , commerce and sport , Charlotte felt a numb remoteness from the wider world . |
| 9 | Donna stood at the window a moment longer , gazing out at the people in the street below . |
| 10 | She stood in the darkness , gazing out at the street . |
| 11 | Then he turned and stood for a while gazing out at the Pacific . |
| 12 | Stephen lay flat , gazing out at the patterns of sunlight , his chin resting on the backs of his hands . |
| 13 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 14 | The electronic strains of a synthesized choir could be heard above the rumbling exhausts and Harry , gazing out at the tinsel-hung shopfronts , wondered if it was this jangling ubiquity of Christmas spirit which made his fellow men and women seem so dismally ignoble . |
| 15 | Dysart had left the chair again , this time to stand by the window , gazing out at the view which had met Harry 's bleary eyes every morning of his childhood . |
| 16 | They stood gazing out at the few early swallows looping around the hazy , fragrant air . |
| 17 | As soon as she took it he went over to the window and stood gazing out at the rain . |