Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] at [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain .
2	Staring up at the ceiling while work proceeds on her thighs and knees , Lil continues .
3	She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night .
4	So I stayed outside , staring up at the moon and the stars with a beating heart , wishing and dreaming of a different , more exciting life .
5	But a day had come in the Sixties when he was in one of the elephant houses and was staring up at an elephant as it walked neurotically round and round its tiny area when a sudden memory of some of the places he had been kept in during the war had come to him ; no space , no freedom , no life .
6	He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building .
7	She stood , staring out at the pond and the dark Grove rising up the mountain behind it .
8	For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away .
9	She stared down at the floor and the remains of what had been a human being .
10	This only discomfited the coroner further , he stared down at the floor and shuffled his feet like some clumsy schoolboy .
11	He stared down at the desk and spoke in a voice that was barely audible .
12	The mysterious figure stared down at the tomb and then turned .
13	He stared up at the windows and then caught sight of the pulpit .
14	Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving .
15	She stared up at the rigging that fretted against a sky of pearl .
16	Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man .

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