Example sentences of "staring at [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 2 | After staring at her for a few seconds in silence , he finally nodded and went out , leaving her to dress . |
| 3 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 4 | He had sat opposite her , watching her while she ate , making an extravagant moue of distaste when she suggested that he share it , but staring at her with a concentrated , almost angry , satisfaction ; rather , she thought , as a mother might watch a convalescent child taking her first mouthful . |
| 5 | As Molly put down the telephone , she saw Jacqueline , her mouth full of dough , staring at her with the large , accusing eyes of an Oxfam poster . |
| 6 | Fabbiano was standing in front of her , staring at her like a disapproving schoolmaster . |
| 7 | I love daytime television so when I saw Richard and Judy staring at me from the other channel I was quite pleased . |
| 8 | She opened it with a trembling hand and sat staring at it for a long time . |
| 9 | I 've been staring at it for the past hour , waiting for it to start twitching around like a fat little worm on a fishing hook . |
| 10 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 11 | Dann turned the gun in his hands , still staring at it in the passing flares of street lighting . |