Example sentences of "[noun] to stare at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 2 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 3 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 4 | Smallfry walked with him all the way to the playground , where the other children bunched together in little groups to stare at the absentee and his beautiful mother . |
| 5 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 6 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 7 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 8 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 9 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 10 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |