Example sentences of "stare [adv] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
2 | The door was opened almost immediately by a tiny grey-haired woman , who looked past Collins to stare hard at the two strangers standing behind him . |
3 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
4 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
5 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
6 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
7 | In the first car Sarah sat dry-eyed , staring out at the passing roads . |
8 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
9 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
10 | Sir John stopped and slouched against the wall , staring upwards at the great beams resting on their corbels of stone . |
11 | He was staring across at the distant mountains ; he seemed to be in a reverie , unaware of her presence , and she hesitated for a moment before saying , ‘ Could I have a word with you , please ? ’ |
12 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
13 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
14 | Not totally sure she actually wanted to illuminate what she already knew she was going to find , she snapped down the switch and stared disagreeably at the glistening drops that plopped relentlessly on to the dresser . |
15 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
16 | He stared up at the grey shapes bobbing out in the lagoon . |
17 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
18 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
19 | Charlie stared out at the open fields that must once have been productive farmland . |
20 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
21 | She stared hard at the blue flowers . |
22 | Cranston breathed , and stared pityingly at the white-hooded faces . |
23 | He stared disapprovingly at the white coveralls Patrick was wearing . |