Example sentences of "stared [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 2 | She stared up into the sun-dappled leaves . |
| 3 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 4 | He stared up at the grey shapes bobbing out in the lagoon . |
| 5 | She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her … |
| 6 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 7 | I lay back and stared up through the intricate branches into the sky . |
| 8 | Charlie stared out at the open fields that must once have been productive farmland . |
| 9 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
| 10 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |