Example sentences of "stared [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Ronni 's surprise , and apparently also to Guido 's , Silvia stared humbly down at the ground for a moment . |
| 2 | Being Carrie she stared crossly out of the carriage window at the big mountain on the far side of the valley . |
| 3 | He stared grimly round at the crowd of silent watchers . |
| 4 | Tom Bull-Dwyer 's middle managers stared unhappily out through the forest of tangled masts at the Needles , which seemed to be travelling past at a brisk walking pace . |
| 5 | Paige said nothing , but stared morosely out at the wall of water . |
| 6 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |
| 7 | Rachel stared fixedly out of the window at the rising green hill and tiny cluster of houses to her left . |
| 8 | Bolt Head stared impassively out of the window at the dramatic skyline of Manhattan . |
| 9 | Leaning his arm along the wooden shelf , he stared moodily down into the fire . |
| 10 | Bragg stared moodily out of the window . |
| 11 | From the walls framed aldermen stared blandly down at the gathering of some five hundred local people , mostly women , mostly in their twenties and thirties . |
| 12 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 13 | Thoroughly confused , she turned her head and stared blindly down at the fire . |
| 14 | She turned her back on him and stared blindly out of the window . |
| 15 | She looked away from him and his arrogant aristocratic face , and stared determinedly out of the hotel window . |
| 16 | Elinor stared bleakly out of the window , beyond the sloping lawn to where the sludge-coloured sea met with the grey sky . |
| 17 | She stared stonily out of the windscreen , her brain reeling . |
| 18 | Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson . |
| 19 | She stared blankly down at the desk and , when she looked up , the clerk had gone . |