Example sentences of "[noun] and stared [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He screwed up his eyes and stared into the middle distance . |
| 2 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 3 | Harvey screwed up his eyes and stared at her . |
| 4 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 5 | As the porters wheeled the trolley away , the girl opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred . |
| 6 | Ruth blinked open her eyes and stared at him . |
| 7 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 8 | He lit a Woodbine , took a deep drag and stared about him . |
| 9 | Oliver stood , finger in mouth and stared at her . |
| 10 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 11 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 12 | Patrick took his sister 's hand and led her further down the garden , out of sight of the house , and then he squatted in the snow and stared into her deep , dark eyes . |
| 13 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 14 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 15 | The secret that lay between them , those minutes when he had held her shaking body against the tree trunk and stared into her eyes , compelling obedience , had bound them with a cord so strong that it could n't be frayed , either by the enormity of their shared guilty secret , or by the small rubs of living together . |
| 16 | She came to his side and stared along the alley at the two men who were standing unwarily outlined in the light of a held lantern . |
| 17 | ’ Emmie hugged her small , hardy knees and stared into the blackness . |
| 18 | He held the rock and stared at it . |
| 19 | Bodie watched the hand , then quietly sighed , sat back against the side of the ambulance and stared at his friend . |
| 20 | The friar sat down on the sanctuary steps and stared into his fat , cheery face . |
| 21 | She pursed her lips and stared at him with her grey eyes . |
| 22 | The nurse made a funny sucking noise with her lips and stared at Meg . |
| 23 | But it still came as a surprise when she angrily pushed away the unfinished lasagne and stared at him directly . |
| 24 | She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground . |
| 25 | Another woman stood on one leg by the window and stared at her . |
| 26 | Rebecque went to the open window and stared into the heat haze . |
| 27 | Spicer got to his feet and stared at us . |
| 28 | Maggie shot to her feet and stared at him in astonishment , and at that moment Felipe de Santis walked past the room , his dark eyes taking everything at one swift glance — Mitch obviously just leaving , Maggie 's suddenly flushed face and wide eyes and the slightly rumpled bed where she had rested to talk to Mitch . |
| 29 | Corbett struggled to his feet and stared around the hall where the rest of the sleepers there were slowly rising to their feet , some nursing sore heads , others bawling for wine and food . |
| 30 | After his conversation with the Zoo Curator Mr Wolski had gone down to the eagles and stared into Minch 's empty cage . |