Example sentences of "stared [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashi stared dumbly at the misty figure behind the blinding aureole . |
| 2 | Not totally sure she actually wanted to illuminate what she already knew she was going to find , she snapped down the switch and stared disagreeably at the glistening drops that plopped relentlessly on to the dresser . |
| 3 | Benin moved to the writing desk and stared absently at the framed family photograph then turned back to Werner . |
| 4 | He stared mournfully at the bright strip which appeared to float in the cold air over the small table . |
| 5 | Shocked , she stared disbelievingly at the receding back of Doctor Anderson , and wondered what had been contained in the message that had made a member of the staff drop everything in such an unprofessional way . |
| 6 | Evelyn trailed back into the scutching room and stared hopelessly at the huge basket . |
| 7 | As she said it , she stared fixedly at the shredded corner of her notepad and wished vainly , but with all her heart , that it were true . |
| 8 | The men , their faces sallow in the small light of the cabriolet 's twin lamps , stared reproachfully at the wealthy officer whose carriage clipped by so smartly behind its matched pair of bays . |
| 9 | She breathed in deeply , stared intently at the intricate pattern on the carpet , then looked up again . |
| 10 | He settled by the window and stared across at the red brick Communist club beyond the budding trees . |
| 11 | She stared hard at the blue flowers . |
| 12 | Peter Carson stared hard at the open copy of The Cookery Year on the work surface before him . |
| 13 | Cranston breathed , and stared pityingly at the white-hooded faces . |
| 14 | Lt. Mikhail Vologsky stared again at the buff-coloured application form , so meticulously filled out , and so callously rejected . |
| 15 | Hell was being without God , I thought , but I said nothing , just stared instead at the white wash of cabin light on the rushing water , and I wondered why some people could take cocaine and just walk away from it , while others ended up in hell , or in a peep-show which was probably the same thing . |
| 16 | Rincewind stared muzzily at the recumbent tourist . |
| 17 | The Marshal stared expressionlessly at the blushing face and then at the star on the young man 's epaulette . |
| 18 | De Craon stared bleakly at the English clerk and shrugged to show his unease . |
| 19 | He stared disapprovingly at the white coveralls Patrick was wearing . |
| 20 | Remembering just in time that this heartless cynic was responsible for getting her out of the clutches of the Gibraltar Police and Customs Service , Polly managed to bite back the caustic retort trembling on the tip of her tongue and stared blankly at the vast selection of starters and main courses . |
| 21 | Jane fidgeted with the signal pads on her desk , plucked a thread from the sleeve of her jacket then stared blankly at the chewed end of her Admiralty-issue pencil . |