Example sentences of "stare at [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had just read the last paragraph when the kitchen door opened and Matey entered , far earlier than she normally did , to stare at the unlikely scene before her : Dr Neil characteristically leaning back in his wooden Windsor armchair , McAllister sitting on her stool , reading the paper , the used coffee-cups and the empty biscuit plate sitting between them . |
| 2 | You go stupid on yourself for a moment , as the luck wobbles , threatens to fly away and leave you ; you stare at the place where he was , lying curled up , tied up in front of the door ; you stare at the empty stretch of carpet , dumbly , as if staring will help . |
| 3 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 4 | When I opened my eyes reluctantly , I was staring at a small piece of pavement miles below , between two sloping hills . |
| 5 | As Sam Somerville took off from Heathrow , Dr Barnard was sitting in his laboratory in Fulham staring at a small collection of pieces of debris spread on a crisp white sheet of paper across a table-top . |
| 6 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 7 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 8 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 9 | One morning , Santa found him lying down on the snow , staring at a dead flower with tears dropping off his little cheeks . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's Fergie , ’ someone said , and within seconds Charles and Diana were left staring at an empty patch of snow where a moment before dozens of photographers had been elbowing one another for the best position . |
| 11 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 12 | He rolled over , and she was left staring at the daunting stretch of his broad back . |
| 13 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 14 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 15 | She took a step nearer , staring at the drunken heap of rubble . |
| 16 | She was staring at the far wall of the small room , which was completely covered in postcards and photogravure cards from just about every city in Europe . |
| 17 | Haavikko closed the door behind him then gave a small shudder , staring at the tiny slip of plastic in his hand . |
| 18 | ‘ He would n't speak to you , Gilbert , ’ continued Rohmer , still staring at the shattered window as if willing the lightning to return . |
| 19 | Fran frowned , staring at the broad expanse of his bare back that was presented to her . |
| 20 | They remained in a huddle on the pavement , staring at the dazzling array of kitchen equipment as if hypnotised . |
| 21 | Zen stood staring at the younger man in considerable embarrassment . |
| 22 | After the Palestinian militancy of Lebanon , it was like staring at the wrong side of a mirror : Palestine through the looking glass . |
| 23 | Dad was staring at the blank wall above the TV . |
| 24 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 25 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
| 26 | Twenty feet away , Sonny sat against the wall of the piggery , paralysed with fear , staring at the writhing body of his brother with open-mouthed horror . |
| 27 | I stood a moment , staring at the empty floor of the turret . |
| 28 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 29 | Grimly they hung on , staring at the graduated circle of the instrument , and the indicator that still rested at ‘ start engines ’ . |
| 30 | Decades had passed with no contact and yet here were the people who had shared seven years of my adolescence ; seven years climbing the same wall bars , sitting on the same grass , staring at the same view of Box Hill out of the window . |