Example sentences of "stare out [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned the tray to the orderly and went to stare out through the transparent sheeting . |
| 2 | Are you just going to sit there and stare out of the bloody window ? ’ |
| 3 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 4 | Bush Vark 's First Day Out by Charles Fuge ( MacMillan , £6.95 ) Winner of The Mother Goose Award and the MacMillan Prize 1988 Three pairs of creaturely eyes stare out from the deep black inside covers of Bush Vark 's First Day Out , whetting young appetites for nocturnal mystery and the pleasurable horrors encountered by Charles Fuge 's cheery little vark , with his slippery passivity and plain good fortune . |
| 5 | She had found him sitting there , hunched up on his bed , his arms wrapped about his knees , staring out through the open window at the bay . |
| 6 | He was sitting quite still in the golden glow of the sunset , staring out over the Grand Canal , Cas and Poll in his lap . |
| 7 | Staring out over the moon-washed garden , she refused to answer . |
| 8 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 9 | He thrust his hands into his pockets and moved to the window , staring out into the sun-dappled drive flanked by swaying trees . |
| 10 | I stood by the window staring out into the foggy darkness , taking deep breaths to try and stifle some hollow feeling of new disease . |
| 11 | Gilbert and Frye were standing up against the glass panes of the reception area , staring out into the storm-ravaged night . |
| 12 | He was standing at the open window in his pyjamas , the shotgun in his hand , staring out at the front field where the black splash of a jackdaw lay on the white ground beneath the ash tree . |
| 13 | Languidly she turned her head to the west-facing windows , staring out at the neighbouring mountain high above the hill upon which Saracen was built . |
| 14 | She had not drawn her curtains , and she turned on her side , staring out at the velvety darkness , listening to the little noises that came wafting through the open window . |
| 15 | He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man . |
| 16 | A few tourists were aboard ; a couple with walking gear and their spaniel dog with one blind eye staring out of the low window , and a Canadian , rather loud , who had struck up conversation with a young Lewis woman who was coming back from visiting her husband working in Libya . |
| 17 | He had a particular reason for regarding the old female golden eagle as special and , like Creggan , he was obsessed by it now , and stood in his pyjamas staring out of an open window on to a cold and moonlit night . |
| 18 | So here I am , a week later , aloft in the canopy of my monkey-puzzle tree , staring out across the darkening street , waiting for my love to come home . |
| 19 | Immediately in front of him , Bigwig and Dandelion were staring out from the sheer edge of a high bank , and below the bank ran a stream . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a grand sight on a fine day , ’ he observed quietly as they stared out over the grey water . |
| 21 | Ebert stared out through the frosted glass , noting the bleakness of their surroundings . |
| 22 | There was no sound from below and , carefully , Craig opened a door and stared out into the shabby passageway . |
| 23 | She rose and moved to the window and stared out into the silent square . |
| 24 | He stared out into the wet darkness , and heard it again . |
| 25 | He stared out at the dappled sky , trying to remember . |
| 26 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
| 27 | Crossing to the window , she stared out at the murky night . |
| 28 | Ellie stared out at the full moon above the yard , above the wrong part of town . |
| 29 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 30 | He sat and stared out at the drizzle-veiled Circle for a while , and then buckled on his sword and left his room . |