Example sentences of "and stare at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs . |
2 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
3 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
4 | She had no fire in her bedroom , where she had been sitting waiting for his call , and staring at the dying mistletoe . |
5 | ‘ B is for Bell , ’ ' Paul said quietly , nodding to himself and staring at the rusting device . |
6 | He collapsed back on the bed , eyes wide and staring at the white ceiling . |
7 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
8 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
9 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
10 | Benjamin nodded and stared at the dying flames of the fire . |
11 | Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small , glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom . |
12 | Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers . |
13 | She picked up the binoculars and stared at the front door of the plane . |
14 | The men stood and stared at the abandoned Glory for what seemed like hours . |
15 | He sat down on the plinth supporting the pumps and stared at the dark glass of the office for a while . |
16 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
17 | I sat down on a rock in the golden air and stared at the vast expanse of glassy blue and listened to the sucking and lapping . |
18 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
19 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
20 | Bodie stood by Doyle 's bed and stared at the pale face of his friend , the eyes closed but moving restlessly beneath the lids . |
21 | He finally slumped against the nearest crate and stared at the dimpled area around the bung . |
22 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
23 | And stared at the blank page . |
24 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
25 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
26 | Afterwards , I sat on his lap while he drank some of that funny-smelling liquid and stared at the moving pictures in the corner . |
27 | He wiped a hand across his mouth , and stared at the scarlet smear on the back of his black glove . |
28 | Walter Carew raised his head and stared at the grey tendrils of smoke climbing up from the brown barren waste . |
29 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
30 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |