Example sentences of "gazing at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazing at the sea , he at her . |
| 2 | He was gazing at the woman with the strange , unblinking stare which meant he was working something out . |
| 3 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 4 | He found that gazing at the CO 's moustache helped . |
| 5 | ‘ Here we are , silent on a peak above Chamonix , in a hot sun … gazing at the Alps … . ’ |
| 6 | If one were gazing at the vertex of a tetrahedron , would the view be different ? |
| 7 | Pausing by the window , gazing at the apartment building opposite , she had an urge to punch her fist through the glass . |
| 8 | His gaunt son , who could not have been older than 12 , stood slumped over a hunting rifle , gazing at the plumes of smoke rising from the green expanse which runs along the fringes of Sarajevo 's old quarter . |
| 9 | Indie rock is the traditional playground of scruffy teenagers approaching college age who prefer to celebrate gazing at the stars than admit to peeking at the opposite sex . |
| 10 | Gazing at the random and momentary flares Ludens felt himself in the presence of some awful rite . |
| 11 | Encourage the patient to do the types of activities recommended for him , and try to prevent him from sitting idly , or gazing at the television . |
| 12 | He had nodded , open-mouthed , and would have liked to have stayed longer , just gazing at the beauties , but Molly had hurried him away . |
| 13 | They stood gazing at the foal , shaking their heads . |
| 14 | Suddenly Angela , who was gazing at the red mack her mummy was holding out to her , gave a gasp . |
| 15 | The man they sought was already there , standing with his back to them , gazing at the great sarcophagus of Frederick III , first of the Hapsburgs to be Holy Roman Emperor . |
| 16 | She was not the only one with the same idea , because on arriving at Clarendon Road there was quite a sizeable crowd , just gazing at the still smouldering ruin of a terrace of five houses . |
| 17 | People were gazing at the still smoking ruins and chalked on a blackboard on the pavement was , ‘ Employees meeting at Victoria Hall , Rollestone Street tonight at 6 o'clock . ’ |
| 18 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 19 | The two of them stood silent for a while , gazing at the pleasant scene . |
| 20 | While I was gazing at the chamber a schoolgirl who was touring the gallery with her father came up and asked me how it worked . |
| 21 | They are the cat-lovers , gazing at the cat because they like it . |
| 22 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 23 | Breeze had been gazing at the lights for so long that she was quite dazzled . |
| 24 | ‘ Neither can I , ’ she admitted , gazing at the flying landscape which , blurred with rain and heavy mist , presented a uniform greyness . |
| 25 | Jeanie 's legs ( her feet in sandals , white socks ) , tanned with the summer sun and muscled as a boy 's , quaked somewhat , gazing at the tawse ; at Miss Hazelwood 's white nail-varnished hand . |
| 26 | There she was , sitting forlornly in a corner and , unlike all the other dogs , making no noise , just gazing at the floor in a philosophical way . |
| 27 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 28 | The bar-room whose porch I was leaning on , while gazing at the street , was surrounded by cameras , lighting and film crew . |
| 29 | He felt very self-conscious and stayed gazing at the fire while the two men talked about widths of trenches . |
| 30 | Ruth wondered if she was gazing at the dark whiskers which sprouted on her chin and made her so appropriately , though unfortunately , named . |