Example sentences of "be stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Robin-Anne had been staring at the dark sea , but now she turned her big eyes back to me . |
2 | He and ten other penguins are staring in the new batman film , which premieres tonight in London . |
3 | To concentrate on the barons is to stare at the public face . |
4 | She is staring into a large stone bowl held aloft by stony lions . |
5 | Potter is staring in a threatening management way . |
6 | Mrs Danby was staring across the darkened room at me . |
7 | He was staring into the black well of the stairs when he heard the noises . |
8 | With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance . |
9 | Defries was staring through the front window . |
10 | When I opened my eyes reluctantly , I was staring at a small piece of pavement miles below , between two sloping hills . |
11 | I was staring at a wall-sized mirror when he walked into the bar . |
12 | She was staring at the far wall of the small room , which was completely covered in postcards and photogravure cards from just about every city in Europe . |
13 | She too was staring at the endless duel , but with considerably more excitement than her replica . |
14 | Curtis was staring at the bloodstained shirt , ‘ I suppose it has to have been a firearm , sir ? ’ |
15 | Cameron was staring at the shut door . |
16 | Dad was staring at the blank wall above the TV . |
17 | And now she was staring to the full capacity of her vision and her mind , reading him , sensing him , willing him — for God 's sake , for God 's sake — not to make further sport of her now . |
18 | Above her , she saw that D'Arcy was staring towards the open dining room door and the silver-framed photograph on the sideboard . |
19 | ‘ I 'm glad you thought better of it , ’ he said tersely , and turned his attention to the secretary , who was staring in a distracted fashion at the computer print-out . |
20 | Creggan was staring in a hostile way at this invasion of his territory but feeling too lazy to bother much about it when to his astonishment he heard a familiar and unpleasant voice say something unfamiliar and very strange indeed . |