Example sentences of "stare [adv] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was leaning against the car , staring rather broodingly at the rhododendrons . |
| 2 | She sat for maybe ten minutes staring gloomily out at the rain , which gave no sign of abating , knowing her options were limited to a choice of one . |
| 3 | But when he looked up , the dwarf above him was standing , arms limp like a ragged doll , staring dully down at the crossbow bolt buried in his stomach . |
| 4 | Cullam stood by the window , staring fixedly now at the road he had trodden with Hatton and Pertwee . |
| 5 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 6 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 7 | Reeling , Cardiff saw Rohmer standing stock still , hands fastened to his ears in an almost business-like fashion , still staring straight ahead at the wall . |
| 8 | Staring straight ahead at the road before him , the driver went on talking , telling me of his boyhood ambition to be a footballer and of the Mafia-like behaviour of the modern IRA . |
| 9 | Even then he did n't turn round , just remained there , motionless , staring straight ahead at the road , and there was a roaring that filled the inside of our vehicle with the solid , continuous sound of water on the move . |
| 10 | I like it because it 's old , and grey , and dark , and yet I hate — ’ He did not finish what he was saying , staring angrily up at the windows on the top floor of his house . |
| 11 | Instead of staring blankly out at the world , or nervously striking at the fence , as some of the eagles did , he trekked back and forth in a figure of eight over an area that was only one tiny part of his caged area . |
| 12 | Laura lapsed into a glum silence , staring blindly over at the children , who were now sitting on the grass , busily trying to make daisy chains . |
| 13 | To Ronni 's surprise , and apparently also to Guido 's , Silvia stared humbly down at the ground for a moment . |
| 14 | He stared grimly round at the crowd of silent watchers . |
| 15 | Once upon a time ( I said , and he stared bitterly bitterly at the floor ) there was a very ugly monster who captured a princess and put her in a dungeon in his castle . |
| 16 | Swinging round , she stared rather blankly at the stall-holder . |
| 17 | Ace stared morosely down at the rocks . |
| 18 | Paige said nothing , but stared morosely out at the wall of water . |
| 19 | Jotan turned his head , and he stared away blindly at the wall . |
| 20 | Cranston stared once more at the group receding into the darkness . |
| 21 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |
| 22 | And such was the liking the company felt for Colley the Mason that they put their fingers in their ears and turned away from the door , and stared straight ahead at the altar . |
| 23 | Cranston stared moodily down at the floorboards , scuffing his boots over the polished surface . |
| 24 | From the walls framed aldermen stared blandly down at the gathering of some five hundred local people , mostly women , mostly in their twenties and thirties . |
| 25 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 26 | Thoroughly confused , she turned her head and stared blindly down at the fire . |
| 27 | She stared blankly down at the desk and , when she looked up , the clerk had gone . |