Example sentences of "stare [adv] at [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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1 | In fact everything that I am not , she thought swiftly , remembering the sickly pale face with its halo of tousled auburn curls , and the huge , startled green eyes that had stared back at her from the bathroom mirror only moments ago . |
2 | After a few minutes , he became aware of Peter Dawson 's portrait staring down at him from the top of the piano , and he stopped . |
3 | He looked up , expecting to see the grey skinny man staring down at him from the steps . |
4 | It must have been there all the time , sitting motionless and staring straight at me from the far edge of the level area of the Grounds , but I had n't noticed it at first . |
5 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
6 | ‘ Brest ’ stared up at her from the pavement . |
7 | Lucie stared up at him from the plank floor , his eyebrows twitching with dismay . |
8 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
9 | I did n't identify with the tired , frightened failure that stared back at me from the mirror . |
10 | Huge pools of eyes stared back at her from the dead white planes of the face . |
11 | Her eyes stared back at her from the mirror , aghast . |