Example sentences of "stare [adv] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She gave an irritated sigh and flung herself back on the pillows , staring straight up at the ceiling . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To Ronni 's surprise , and apparently also to Guido 's , Silvia stared humbly down at the ground for a moment . |
| 9 | He stared grimly round at the crowd of silent watchers . |
| 10 | Ace stared morosely down at the rocks . |
| 11 | Paige said nothing , but stared morosely out at the wall of water . |
| 12 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |
| 13 | Cranston stared moodily down at the floorboards , scuffing his boots over the polished surface . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 16 | Thoroughly confused , she turned her head and stared blindly down at the fire . |
| 17 | She stared blankly down at the desk and , when she looked up , the clerk had gone . |