Example sentences of "stare at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very quiet ; no one will stare at your black eye . |
| 2 | ‘ E's got funny blue eyes , they stare at yer all the time . |
| 3 | Usually when I sit and stare at my blank sheets of A4 paper every month , I am trying to think how I can help you with your Duomatic machines . |
| 4 | You know how it is — you sit on the underground with nothing to read , and you either stare at your fellow passengers or you drift into thinking . |
| 5 | Staring at her white face in the bedroom mirror , she conjured up an image of her family . |
| 6 | Oh , hell , he was staring at her left breast and his eyes were glittering . |
| 7 | ‘ Who is that over there ? ’ she asked , staring at her own face in a mirror opposite her bed . |
| 8 | Aghast at her line of thought , she sat up abruptly , staring at her shadowy reflection in the mirror opposite the bed . |
| 9 | Staring at her filthy hand , the mud-encrusted nails , she burst out laughing . |
| 10 | He calmly picked up the fallen keys , climbed into the car and drove away , leaving the widow staring at her dead husband . |
| 11 | Forty-eight hours from now , she thought , staring at her pale reflection in the mirror , Anne Hammond would have been given the miracle of the chance of a new lease of life , while her own future seemed to stretch emptily ahead with nothing but work to fill it . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you never touched painkillers , ’ he said , staring at her open hand . |
| 13 | With England staring at their greatest humiliation for nearly 50 years , he sent on a defender and explained : ‘ He 's not had the best of times lately but I believe this is the time to support certain people . |
| 14 | Others keep on staring at their pink plastic cups . |
| 15 | When she had watered them she often sat on the ledge , simply staring at their thin greenness and absorbing the peace of the place . |
| 16 | ‘ Good , good ! ’ she replied , looking delightedly at her cousin who was staring at my new clothes . |
| 17 | Well not cos I felt like it but I was at the lights in Bromley this bloke , this , was stand- , sort of kept staring at my front passenger side wheel . |
| 18 | Staring at his obdurate face , she pleaded helplessly , ‘ Leo , please do n't do this . |
| 19 | He sat broodily , staring at his untouched coffee . |
| 20 | Jessamy stood there for a few moments , staring at his retreating back . |
| 21 | ‘ I could lose my job , ’ Teufel said , staring at his unpolished shoes . |
| 22 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |
| 23 | While the nation mourns ( not ) over the sudden cancellation of the SHAKESPEAR 'S SISTER mega-tour , it would seem that the reason behind the decision had little to do with SIOBHAN 's nervous exhaustion and more to do with the fact that hubbie DAVE STEWART wants to spend more time with his wife and less time on his Jack Jones , staring at his fibre-optic carpet . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't get pickles , ’ Chris said , staring at his crumpled handful of sandwich . |
| 25 | A faint look of admiration came into his eyes and then his long , cloaking lashes had swept down and she was left staring at his mask-like face again . |
| 26 | Barney stared at her aghast . |
| 27 | The only other person privy to the beating of the retreat was a young kitchenmaid , who stared at her future monarch in amazement . |
| 28 | Charlie stared at her gleaming white blouse and dark blue pleated skirt . |
| 29 | Thérèse stared at her black patent shoes , those twin vices crushing her toes , telling her to take her feet away . |
| 30 | Claudia stared at her linked fingers and planned to get away as soon as they stopped . |