Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] at the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |
| 2 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 3 | When finally they rolled apart and lay , hands entwined , staring up at the cloudless blue sky , Cora-Beth 's voice was soft with contentment as she whispered , ‘ You do love me , I know it now ! |
| 4 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 5 | Merrill asked , staring up at the mellowed golden stone of the Elizabethan house , floodlit among its setting of ancient trees . |
| 6 | It was very hot and she lay under the single sheet staring up at the high moonlit ceiling and thinking about T. Buckland Kettering . |
| 7 | Staring out at the low grey sky , the drizzle that had n't stopped once on the journey up from Wexford , she jammed on her hat . |
| 8 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 9 | Staring out at the dim white lawn , through the close-up falling lines of black and white , Alan said quietly , ‘ You love him more than me , do n't you ? ’ ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Now is the best time , ’ Athelstan replied , drawing closer , whispering into Sir John 's ear , conscious that Lady Maude was totally absorbed in the pageant before her whilst Benedicta , distracted , was still staring back at the admiring gallant . |
| 11 | Staring round at the dark grey clouds scudding across the sky , at the almost violet light on the horizon , Hilary tilted her face and allowed the rain to sluice her tears away . |
| 12 | She stared down at the living dead face . |
| 13 | Chen pulled up sharply , almost thudding into Karr who stood there , his hands clenched at his sides , his great chest rising and falling heavily as he stared down at the three prone gangsters . |
| 14 | She stared down at the frothing white surf that slid past the ship 's side and fell into a reverie in which imaginings of her future life became mixed with memories of past days at Ballingolin . |
| 15 | The clerk stared up at the clear blue sky . |
| 16 | He stared up at the gruff old man who was so kind to him . |