Example sentences of "stare at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon .
2 We stare at each other .
3 She wanted to sit here , and stare at this view , which was much better than hospital .
4 Tags such as Modern , Post-Modern , High-Tech or even Neo-Classical are wholly redundant when you stare at this subtopian , A-road architecture .
5 Bernice could n't help staring at that head .
6 Suddenly , she was staring at that mouth .
7 Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence .
8 They stood an instant , staring at each other .
9 We seemed drowned in dusk ; two men staring at each other .
10 We remained staring at each other .
11 We must have stood , the three of us , staring at each other for nearly half a minute .
12 They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other .
13 Jancey and Rachel quit staring at each other .
14 ‘ Oh … = ’ they said together , staring at each other .
15 We both drank , staring at each other .
16 Staring at each other while having dinner or being at a party , then go home , go to bed and talk .
17 She had turned to him now and they were staring at each other .
18 With that he turned and marched from the kitchen , leaving Rachel and her mother staring at each other .
19 He did n't even try to kiss her , which was very noticeable , as they spent most of the evening staring at each other , feeling electricity crackle between them every time they accidentally touched , and , by the time Rachel left , her stomach was clenched in a knot of intolerable excitement .
20 Boy would sometimes sit staring at this view with a guide to the city open on his lap .
21 They stared at each other , momentarily united in recognition of the difficulties .
22 Graham looked back at him , and for a moment they sat and stared at each other .
23 When he came to Noreen , Paddy stopped , and brother and sister stared at each other .
24 In the slightly embarrassed silence that lasted while the two groups stared at each other through the wire , there were occasional calls of recognition .
25 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 .
26 A wave passed , so high that its spray burst against a side porthole as they stared at each other .
27 They stared at each other in hostile silence .
28 They stared at each other for another ten seconds , then McGowan smiled .
29 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 .
30 The same inactivity seemed to apply on the wider front , with the two armies static , no assault on the fords , where opposing guardians stared at each other across two hundred yards of water .
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