Example sentences of "stare at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 2 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
| 3 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 4 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 5 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 6 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
| 7 | He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’ |
| 8 | The tweed-coated figure continued to stare at the page of the book to the left of his plate , ignoring his companion . |
| 9 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 10 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 11 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |
| 12 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 13 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 14 | Two technicians , the only other occupants , turned to stare at the intruder . |
| 15 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
| 16 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |
| 17 | She would have been quite content simply to stare at the house for hours , and she was still sitting there when Alain opened her door and bent to look in at her . |
| 18 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 19 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 20 | The rain having petered out for a while , we all went out to stare at the sunset , about which the two poets made lurid remarks . |
| 21 | Smallfry walked with him all the way to the playground , where the other children bunched together in little groups to stare at the absentee and his beautiful mother . |
| 22 | How could he be so offensive as to stare at the chap 's disfigured face , he wondered . |
| 23 | stops , stares at the clock |
| 24 | He stares at the door and his eyes lose focus . |
| 25 | She just stares at the floor and rocks . |
| 26 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 27 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 28 | It stares at the windowlight and can not make it out . |
| 29 | he stares at the winter colours |
| 30 | He stares at the photograph . |