Example sentences of "he stare at the " in BNC.

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1 He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people .
2 He stares at the photograph .
3 He stares at the door and his eyes lose focus .
4 He stares at the hydraulic dentist 's chair , angled up to an empty sky and an open sea .
5 he stares at the winter colours
6 The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief .
7 Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them .
8 He stared at the ceiling .
9 Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman .
10 He stared at the ashtray .
11 He stared at the old man .
12 He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap .
13 He stared at the topknot of red-gold curls , straining to remember .
14 The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie .
15 Slowly he climbed out of the van , shaking his head as he stared at the bridge .
16 Then he stared at the barrier of earth Heather had made along the hayfield side of the fire .
17 He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself .
18 He stared at the screen .
19 He stared at the empty television screen , at a loss , silenced .
20 He stared at the small postcard in front of him .
21 He stared at the field by the quarry .
22 He stared at the gigantic cake .
23 He stared at the cake .
24 … stout Cortez , when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with wild surmise — Silent , upon a peak in Darién .
25 He stared at the low wooden fence and the pure sward of snow yellowed by the lights , and at the low wire fence and at the high wire fence and at the high wooden fence .
26 He stared at the darkened forecourt .
27 He stared at the woman .
28 ‘ Where 've you jokers been ? ’ asked one of them , as he stared at the bits of tree hanging off us .
29 Duncan lay next to her , his arm behind her head as he stared at the ceiling .
30 The Prince chewed at a fingernail as he stared at the map .
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