Example sentences of "[adv] to stare [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 2 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 3 | Who 's there ? ’ he cried sharply , and reared his head instantly to stare into the trefoil opening . |
| 4 | The rain having petered out for a while , we all went out to stare at the sunset , about which the two poets made lurid remarks . |
| 5 | She would have been quite content simply to stare at the house for hours , and she was still sitting there when Alain opened her door and bent to look in at her . |
| 6 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |