Example sentences of "and stared [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop .
2 He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist .
3 He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out .
4 Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling .
5 Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face .
6 The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky .
7 They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them .
8 I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue .
9 ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house .
10 But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane .
14 She walked to the window and stared out at the plane .
15 Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden .
16 After a minute or so , when she felt stronger , she opened out the paper and stared down at the message printed there .
17 He stopped and stared down at the floor .
18 Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines .
19 They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace .
20 He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table .
21 Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically .
22 Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table .
23 Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board .
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