Example sentences of "stare [adv] across the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned off the light and crossed to the window to stand and stare out across the back of the houses . |
| 2 | Miguel had been sitting on the balcony staring out across the valley . |
| 3 | She remained staring out across the clearing to the trees . |
| 4 | Staring out across the car park , where silent , empty cars wait for their owners like patient pets , he ponders the success of the meeting . |
| 5 | It was Fiver who had stamped and he was now staring intently across the field . |
| 6 | He shook his fist at the driver of the estate-car , who had climbed out and was staring blankly across the road . |
| 7 | He was staring vacantly across the lodge ; Tallis leaned forward slightly to watch him , but he did n't see her . |
| 8 | I stared grimly across the room as Lorne babbled on . |
| 9 | Julia went to stand beside him on the minute balcony and stared down across the valley . |
| 10 | Damien , sickened , and a little frightened , turned his back on the crowd , and stared sulkily across the street . |
| 11 | He was swinging a short sword back and forth idly , and stared out across the tree tops with the air of one carrying out a tedious and unglamorous assignment . |
| 12 | Ducking under the windows and stealing past the open doors , I stared out across the vegetable terrace , then walked round it . |
| 13 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 14 | Like so many times before , he had gone to the window where he stared out across the night sky , his thoughts a million miles away . |
| 15 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 16 | She stared defiantly across the cockpit table at me . |