Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 2 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 3 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 4 | ‘ Humph … ’ the policeman grunted , staring down at the notes before him . |
| 5 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 6 | The families gathered round in a circle , staring down at the remains of their menfolk . |
| 7 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 8 | Morse stood where he was , listening , and staring up at the sky as if viewing the unsuspected behaviour of some distant galaxy . |
| 9 | Merrill slowed , staring up at the expanse of blue sky trapped between the great grey beech branches . |
| 10 | Fergus took no notice ; he kept on crying , still staring up at the holes in the ceiling . |
| 11 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 12 | She stood at the foot of the mainmast , staring up at the intricacy of the complicated tracery of sails , spars and rope . |
| 13 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 14 | After a quick glance back through the shop ( Maisie and Ruthie were staring out at the street in silence ) Henry slid one sheet of the printed paper into Gordon 's typewriter . |
| 15 | Smiling to herself , she glanced into the room , and saw General Froebe staring out at the dock with a melancholy gaze . |
| 16 | For example , one of their star turns , David Swift , whose appearance in the first programme of the series staring out at the world through bright blue eyes beneath a battered trilby marked him out as a natural , recalls going to dance halls in the 1950s in search of girls : ‘ I mean there were plenty of songs coming out then where they say , Look at the way she walks . |
| 17 | Genius is the bust of Beethoven and Keats dying and Shelley dying and the size of War and Peace and poor old Sartre banging away at his trilogy and Hemingway paring it down to its essence and Monet unable to distinguish colours any more and Picasso staring out at the camera with his chest bare and his eyes blazing and Cézanne snarling like a dog and then walking out of Aix with his canvas and paints on his back to paint that mountain and Byron dying and Pushkin dying and all the rest of it . |
| 18 | For the moment Morse made no reply , staring back at the house with a slightly puzzled air . |
| 19 | She stared down at the papers in her hand , not wanting to look at him . |
| 20 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 21 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 22 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 23 | Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines . |
| 24 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 25 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 26 | Lizzy stared down at the bandages on her wrists . |
| 27 | Defeated , Merrill stared down at the sheaf of letters in her hand . |
| 28 | Wendell stared down at the glass of brandy which someone had put into his hands . |
| 29 | The boy stared down at the doctor for a few seconds . |
| 30 | He stared up at the shelves above him . |