Example sentences of "stare at [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked back at the figure , which had not moved , which continued to stare at me from the shade through the sunlight over the gulley . |
| 2 | Several times he swung round suddenly to see if people were turning to stare at him from behind . |
| 3 | Sudden silence struck the voices downstairs and , as Theda reached the railings and leaned over them , she saw his handsome features turned up to stare at her from the bottom of the stairs . |
| 4 | In such matters it is the most obvious things which are the most important and which stare at you from under the nose without being perceived . |
| 5 | As you come back from Brouage towards St Jean-d'Angely — on the D18 via the canalside village of Pont-l'Abbe-d'Arnoult , with a lovely Romanesque church faade — a sign at the junction of the D122 points you to the chateau whose improbably perfect lake and gardens stare at you from posters throughout the region : La Roche Courbon . |
| 6 | Staring at him from its face was Rock Hardy , the hero of his favourite comic-strip . |
| 7 | Briant stood still , staring at him from under his brows , and Kegan stared back , his heavy face gleaming slightly with sweat . |
| 8 | He caught a glimpse of two red faces staring at him from the depths of the kitchen behind the head of this strange boy turned girl who was forever crossing his path . |
| 9 | It was still , but he sensed her staring at him from out of the darkness of her shelter , and a laboured and painful breathing came from her . |
| 10 | He had seen a row of black faces staring at him from the platform of one of the Red Sand Towers in the Nore approaches . |
| 11 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 12 | Rosalba imagined Tommaso as a bird : and saw his pale green eye staring at her from a flurry of golden feathers as his vivid wings beat . |
| 13 | There were about twelve or more German prisoners , all of them staring at me from the gloom of the interior . |
| 14 | I love daytime television so when I saw Richard and Judy staring at me from the other channel I was quite pleased . |
| 15 | His ancestors stared at him from their portraits on the wall . |
| 16 | A small boy of about six came up to Jackson and stared at him from a distance of two feet before pulling a face and running away . |
| 17 | She waggled suggestive eyebrows , stared at him from under her eyelashes . |
| 18 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 19 | Tilda did not understand what he was doing , but she stared at him from the height of the mast until he became conscious of her , and turned round . |
| 20 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
| 21 | They scratched and squeaked and ran about , and stared at him from the holes in the walls . |
| 22 | Hrun stared at him from under bushy eyebrows . |
| 23 | In the bathroom , her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror . |
| 24 | By the open doors , Lily 's photograph stared at me from its table . |
| 25 | ’ Catesby stared at us from red-rimmed eyes . |