Example sentences of "staring [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isambard caught up both , and stood for a moment staring down with a formidable frown at Harry , who nursed his bruised wrists and glared back , expecting a blow and tensing every muscle to receive it without a tremor . |
| 2 | They had sat opposite each other in a compartment crowded with Able Seamen , he watching the darkening fields flying outside the window and Bunny staring down at a single sheet of notepaper , pale blue in colour , which he held on his jigging knee and from whose fold poked a sprig of crab apple in bloom . |
| 3 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 4 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 5 | " You 're so lucky , you 're so lucky , " I murmured , staring down at the rocky Rockies or the Smokies or the Ropies through cloud-cover made of snow and contour tracing … |
| 6 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 7 | Cameron floundered , staring down at the checked tablecloth , drinking from his glass , checking hers . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 9 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 10 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 11 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 12 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
| 13 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
| 14 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 15 | For those of us staring down into the yawning chasm of the generation gap it really is n't so bad , you know . |
| 16 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |
| 17 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 18 | A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes . |
| 19 | His eyes opened , staring up into the dark night sky . |
| 20 | Sarella gave a gasp as she found herself staring up into the thunderous face of Marc himself . |
| 21 | Horowitz stood in the corridor , hands in his trench-coat pocket , staring up at a framed portrait of the founder , Lance Buckmaster . |
| 22 | ‘ What on earth are we doing here ? ’ she muttered , staring up at the familiar sight of an old converted warehouse overlooking the Thames . |
| 23 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
| 24 | Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun . |
| 25 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |
| 26 | He stopped , staring up at the old man , his face filled with an intent curiosity . |
| 27 | Kim stood there a moment longer , staring up at the old man . |
| 28 | A score of Necromundans from various hives were staring out through the traceried ports ; and by now Lexandro could talk to any of them , whatever their original hive and their hab-level lingo . |
| 29 | She had found him sitting there , hunched up on his bed , his arms wrapped about his knees , staring out through the open window at the bay . |
| 30 | We stood on the top step , an icy wind driving any sleep from our eyes and faces , staring out over the snow-carpeted grounds . |