Example sentences of "gaze [adv prt] over [art] " 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 | The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree , gazing out over the estuary . |
| 3 | Overcome by emotion , she turned away , gazing out over the black waters of the reservoir . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Lucien remained alone on the roof , gazing out over the shimmering city . |
| 6 | They remained standing close , gazing out over the valley . |
| 7 | Entranced by the quiet calm , Polly stood in the cockpit gazing out over the stern . |
| 8 | Gazing out over the water , the sun hot on her bare limbs , Polly sighed and allowed herself to relax . |
| 9 | He did n't even speak as he opened the passenger door for her , but when they were both seated inside , he did n't start the engine , simply sat there instead , gazing out over the slightly sloping and now largely empty car park . |
| 10 | A few paces away , Detective Eddy stood gazing out over the heads of the crowd . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Rather than watch them go , I stayed by the sink and gazed out over the playing fields . |
| 13 | Lady Ursula Berowne sat immobile in her sitting room on the fourth floor of 62 Campden Hill Square and gazed out over the top boughs of the plane trees as if at some far distant unseeable vista . |
| 14 | As he gazed out over the still wet cobblestones , all he could see was the glimmer of lights — lights on the barrack square , lights on the sentry posts at the main gates , lights in the barrack huts , and beyond them the lights of the hospital 's east wing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Turning his head , he gazed out over the stern , his face as impassive as that of an Apache chief . |
| 17 | Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water . |
| 18 | Lissa wandered over to the window and gazed out over the expanse of carefully tended shrubbery that bordered the car park . |
| 19 | She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind . |
| 20 | As a result , the Ragusans adopted him as their patron saint and his effigy still gazes out over the Stradun . |
| 21 | 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 . |