Example sentences of "stare [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he turned and went out , leaving Ellie to stare speechlessly at the most money she had ever seen in her life . |
| 2 | I had to think of her seeing the copy of my cock on Monday , I had to think of her first thinking , ‘ Golly , what a nut ’ , and then finding she had to stare uncontrollably at the specific image of my cock , boyoing , had to file that image away in a secret file folder where she filed away all my asterisk memos , and that some night working late , she 'd reach her long arms down to that drawer and bring out the asterisk file and go through the pages , asterisk after asterisk , until she found my cock . |
| 3 | His eyes were wired open so that he must stare unblinkingly at a giant Sagramoso head , and his own body had been reduced to roughly the same contours . |
| 4 | Wick waits , remembering the herring more recently ; the lovely old buildings stare blankly over the vast harbour once a forest of masts . |
| 5 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 6 | Like Querelle , men in tatty soiled uniforms are flexing their muscles , while others stare vacantly into the middle distance . |
| 7 | With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes . |
| 8 | Meanwhile Ali Christie was sitting in the Pavilion Gallery in Brook Street staring morosely at the gilt-framed picture of his wife on the desk . |
| 9 | She turned to find that the Doctor , Francis and Elaine had followed her , and were staring glumly at the fourfold choice of paths . |
| 10 | In the evenings , for relaxation and forgetfulness , Paul turned to his piano , and improved his playing , staring always at the green silk panels and brass candelabra on the upright front . |
| 11 | He was still in a silk robe , in his office , staring dully at the grey morning beyond the windows . |
| 12 | Sophie 's eyes widened and she sat bolt upright , staring incredulously at the calm figure sitting opposite . |
| 13 | And now , as he sat staring fixedly at the floral configuration on the faded green carpet , he felt a little sad as he thought of Laura , his wife for only the last couple of years . |
| 14 | There were screens around her bed , and beside it sat the young Sub-lieutenant , almost as motionless as the form under the sheets , staring earnestly at the bandaged head and the small white face . |
| 15 | Staring helplessly after the departing vehicle , she felt a light breeze cooling the mist of perspiration that had dampened her temples , and the fine peacock-blue cotton of her full skirt — Faye had decreed ‘ no uniform ’ — flared and dropped again , caressing her bare legs like the teasing touch of a man 's fingers . |
| 16 | He was staring downwards with a fierce grin , an expression that did n't change as he turned and saw Ace . |
| 17 | Cowley waited for the fury to abate , staring impassively at the little man . |
| 18 | Then , while the pirates and Famlio were staring piercingly at a new contingent of roisterers coming in , I decided to move . |
| 19 | Few of them were caused by melancholy to sit staring slackly into the middle distance . |
| 20 | Athelstan went to gaze out of the window , staring absentmindedly at the great tocsin bell which hung so silently on its icy rope above the snow-covered green . |
| 21 | Benny was staring intently at a large worm wriggling on the pile of damp earth . |
| 22 | Britta stood apart , staring unseeingly at a three-dimensional display of the space station . |
| 23 | She put the lettuce in a bowl and dried her hands , staring unseeingly at the loose tile above the sink . |
| 24 | Benjamin went over to the open window , staring across at the darkened mass of the forest . |
| 25 | Ewen Mackay had been staring hard at the other man while they talked . |
| 26 | He was right , Isabel realised , staring hard at the black hole that marked the entrance to the nearest hut . |
| 27 | She stood immobile , staring ahead with a peculiar intensity . |
| 28 | Father Barnes was sitting bolt upright on his chair , his eyes staring ahead at the gleaming curve of the apse , his body taut and contracted , like that of a patient expecting pain , willing himself to endure . |
| 29 | She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road . |
| 30 | Twenty minutes later , wearing her grey flannel trousers and mole-coloured jersey and with her hair casually tied back in a velvet ribbon , Julia walked into the salon , only to be brought up short by the sight of David staring blankly at a yellow form in his right hand , a tumbler of whisky ignored and tilting in his left . |