Example sentences of "[pers pn] stared at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward and I stared at one another . |
| 2 | I stared at that face and something stirred in my memory . |
| 3 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
| 4 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 5 | Ellen caught my eye , and we stared at each other for a sympathetic fraction of a second , then I looked away to see that the sticky liquid had sprayed across the teak planks . |
| 6 | We stared at each other . |
| 7 | We stared at one another for a few seconds . |
| 8 | They stared at each other , momentarily united in recognition of the difficulties . |
| 9 | A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other . |
| 10 | They stared at each other in hostile silence . |
| 11 | They stared at each other for another ten seconds , then McGowan smiled . |
| 12 | They stared at each other for a moment before Mick added , ‘ You 've never seen Carrie for years , have you ? ’ |
| 13 | They stared at each other for a moment in tense silence ; then gripping the aide of the bedclothes , he swung them upwards and exposed to his amazed gaze her grey outdoor coat . |
| 14 | They stared at each other in the lamplight , then she sighed and said , ‘ Well , it is n't always hereditary ; it misses generations , so I understand . ’ |
| 15 | They stared at each other ; then , his tone changing , he said , ‘ What 's goin' to happen to the young 'un if the mother goes along the line ? ’ |
| 16 | They stared at each other , she questioning in her gaze , he stonewalling her with a half-smile on his lips . |
| 17 | They stared at each other , a foot apart , eye into eye , the battered urchin from next door now a beautiful young woman in a gown by Patou , and the beautiful young woman from Paris now a battered old woman in much-mended peignoir . |
| 18 | They stared at each other . |
| 19 | Then they stared at each other in silence and saw into each other 's heart , sensing that each was a little afraid of what was to come , and of the powers that they felt were in their wings and across their lives and which had brought them together . |
| 20 | From opposite sides Or the desk , they stared at each other impersonally . |
| 21 | They stared at each other for a moment , then Ursula added , emphasizing every word : ‘ Please leave my home . |
| 22 | They stared at each other in silence , their roles reversed : Lydia fearful and Betty courageous . |
| 23 | They stared at each other ; Mrs Fitton crackling with emotion , Edward apparently tranquil . |
| 24 | A shadow seemed to have fallen over them , perhaps a premonition that they would never see each other again , and they stared at each other as though trying to commit each other 's features to memory . |
| 25 | They stared at each other . |
| 26 | They stared at each other for a moment , then Ward said , ‘ All right . |
| 27 | They stared at each other , and I wondered why Ward had thickened his native Glaswegian accent . |
| 28 | They stared at each other for a moment , not exactly hostile , more two people measuring each other up . |
| 29 | They stared at each other . |
| 30 | They stared at each other in silence for a moment , surprised to find that they shared some fragment of a common cause : the unsolved mysteries that troubled them both , though twenty years and half a world apart , were somehow one and the same . |