Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 2 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 3 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
| 4 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
| 5 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
| 6 | In the first car Sarah sat dry-eyed , staring out at the passing roads . |
| 7 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 8 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
| 9 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 10 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 11 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 12 | He stared up at the grey shapes bobbing out in the lagoon . |
| 13 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 14 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 15 | Charlie stared out at the open fields that must once have been productive farmland . |
| 16 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |