Example sentences of "and stared out [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 2 | He was swinging a short sword back and forth idly , and stared out across the tree tops with the air of one carrying out a tedious and unglamorous assignment . |
| 3 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ she answered quietly , and felt so guilt-ridden then that she could n't look at him , but turned her head and stared out of the side-window . |
| 5 | He stopped and stared out of the window , across Horse Guards ' , looking suddenly weary . |
| 6 | He hung up and stared out of the window , over the roofs of Victoria . |
| 7 | Jack leant back in his chair , put his feet on the desk and stared out of the window . |
| 8 | One of them ignored everyone including Mrs Black and just filed her nails and stared out of the window . |
| 9 | As they drew closer to London , Ralph abandoned the paper and stared out of the window . |
| 10 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 11 | The very sight of the sign at the head of the platform , shabby and tourist and third class though it was compared with that of the Golden Arrow at the other end of the station , was enough to raise her to a state she had never reached before , and as the train moved south , she sat in her seat and stared out of the window as though in a trance . |
| 12 | He went and stared out of the window . |
| 13 | He swivelled his chair away from me and stared out of the window . |
| 14 | Merrill took a sip of her cognac to hide the spontaneity of her relief and stared out of the window to the floodlit weeping willow on the opposite bank drooping its spring-green hair towards the water . |
| 15 | He got up at last and stared out of the window at the empty road and the gravel pits , grey in the dawn light . |
| 16 | Lou withdrew her hand , leaned her head against the wall and stared out of the window as if trying to pull her thoughts together . |
| 17 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
| 18 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 19 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 20 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 21 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 22 | She moved to the window and stared out towards the sea , the moon lit the bay with pure light , the craggy rocks of Mumbles stood out dark against the sky . |
| 23 | She snapped the seat belt into position and stared out through the window as if in search of something else to organize . |
| 24 | Everyone crowded into the cockpit and stared out through the viewport . |
| 25 | Slorne turned away and stared out through the top of her cage as if to say , ‘ There , where the skies are , where the great clouds drift and the winds blow endlessly through time , seek there and you will find what Minch needs . ’ |
| 26 | He sat and stared out over the skyline of the city in the chill of the evening . |
| 27 | He stared at her for a long moment , and then he turned , stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets , and stared out over the lake . |
| 28 | He stood on the verandah in his own ward and stared out into the darkness . |
| 29 | Epitot pushed aside the tent-flap and stared out into the night . |
| 30 | Preston opened the back door and stared out into the garden . |