Example sentences of "gaze [adv] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We drank the tea squatting in the shade , gazing down over the desert and the river valley . |
| 2 | Then the almond eyes gazed fiercely over the child 's head towards Nana . |
| 3 | Entranced by the quiet calm , Polly stood in the cockpit gazing out over the stern . |
| 4 | They remained standing close , gazing out over the valley . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had been standing at that spot , gazing out over the river towards the mountains or maybe with bowed head , grieving for his lover . |
| 6 | Gazing out over the water , the sun hot on her bare limbs , Polly sighed and allowed herself to relax . |
| 7 | Once more she stood gazing out over the garden , but this time everything seemed different — so different that when he took her gently into his arms it was so natural that she made no attempt to draw back . |
| 8 | The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree , gazing out over the estuary . |
| 9 | Turning his head , he gazed out over the stern , his face as impassive as that of an Apache chief . |
| 10 | Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water . |
| 11 | Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind . |
| 14 | Rory pushed herself out of her chair , suddenly fuelled by restless energy , and strode to the window , gazing unseeingly over the lawn for a few moments as anger seethed within her . |
| 15 | He straightened up and gazed anxiously over the end of the bed at her . |
| 16 | As a result , the Ragusans adopted him as their patron saint and his effigy still gazes out over the Stradun . |
| 17 | Entering it he could imagine her sitting there in the summer days and evenings , working on the papers which she occasionally contributed to ornithological journals and looking up from time to time to gaze out over the headland to the sea and the far horizon , could see again that carved , weather-browned Aztec face with its hooded eyes under the grey-black hair , drawn back into a bun , could hear again a voice which , for him , had been one of the most beautiful female voices he had ever heard . |