Example sentences of "[noun sg] to stare [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shrugged , glancing away from the searching gaze to stare through the windscreen . |
| 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 | Letting all her breath out on an achingly shaky sigh , and telling herself firmly to pull herself together , that seeing a bride always made her feel weepy and was nothing whatever to do with Feargal , she walked along the landing to stare from the end window . |
| 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 . |