Example sentences of "stared [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
2 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
3 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
4 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
5 | She stared down at the scattered glass shimmering in the blackened water , remembered stories of people drowning in only inches of water and acknowledged her condition with a sinking heart . |
6 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |
7 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
8 | He stared down at the slow-moving water , seeing a vague , bearded reflection . |
9 | Bodie stared down at the spread-eagled figure , then reached out to close the staring eyes . |
10 | He stared down at the whimpering person beyond the front of the cage , at the people around , at the Man staring at him for a moment , and then at Woil who had taken stance on a litter bin . |
11 | Virginia stared down at the half-eaten roll on her plate , and took a shaky sip of coffee . |
12 | She stared down at the crumpled bed as the door clicked quietly behind him , and then buried her face miserably into the pillow . |
13 | He stared down at the white damask tablecloth ; I sipped my wine and studied the faces of the others . |
14 | I stared down at the white face of the ratman . |
15 | Ruth trailed her fingers in the icy water and stared down at the weird rock formations below the surface of the crystal-clear water . |
16 | We then removed the funeral cloths , lifted the gauze veils and stared down at the royal corpse . |
17 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
18 | We all stared up at the great tower which soared six storeys above us . |
19 | Cranston , his mouth full of food , stared up at the blackened ceiling , coveting the leg of ham hooked there to be cured in the smoke . |
20 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
21 | He then stared up at the blue sky . |
22 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
23 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
24 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
25 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
26 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
27 | Isabel stared up at the royal castle high on its hill overlooking the town and wondered what the grim stone fortress would mean to her . |
28 | Athelstan went into the nave and sat at the base of a pillar , legs crossed , whilst he stared up at the high altar behind the rood screen . |
29 | Outside Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky . |
30 | The Rifleman stared at his enemy just as many of the crowd in the entrance hall stared up at the blood-soaked Rifleman . |