Example sentences of "was stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Danby was staring across the darkened room at me . |
| 2 | He was staring into the black well of the stairs when he heard the noises . |
| 3 | With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance . |
| 4 | Defries was staring through the front window . |
| 5 | When I opened my eyes reluctantly , I was staring at a small piece of pavement miles below , between two sloping hills . |
| 6 | I was staring at a wall-sized mirror when he walked into the bar . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She too was staring at the endless duel , but with considerably more excitement than her replica . |
| 9 | Curtis was staring at the bloodstained shirt , ‘ I suppose it has to have been a firearm , sir ? ’ |
| 10 | Cameron was staring at the shut door . |
| 11 | Dad was staring at the blank wall above the TV . |
| 12 | And now she was staring to the full capacity of her vision and her mind , reading him , sensing him , willing him — for God 's sake , for God 's sake — not to make further sport of her now . |
| 13 | Above her , she saw that D'Arcy was staring towards the open dining room door and the silver-framed photograph on the sideboard . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm glad you thought better of it , ’ he said tersely , and turned his attention to the secretary , who was staring in a distracted fashion at the computer print-out . |
| 15 | Creggan was staring in a hostile way at this invasion of his territory but feeling too lazy to bother much about it when to his astonishment he heard a familiar and unpleasant voice say something unfamiliar and very strange indeed . |