Example sentences of "and stare down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the plain-clothes thugs of the security police , who can easily be told by their well-fed oafishness , their training shoes and anoraks , go out of their way to move close in and stare down at anyone writing . |
| 2 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 3 | Whores sat on balconies , drinking and staring down into the street . |
| 4 | She grabbed her mug of tea , gripping it in both hands and staring down into it with an expression of such misery that one could almost imagine the dead girl 's face reflected in the surface of the liquid . |
| 5 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 6 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 7 | Or did the thin , eerie song come from that lopsided , blue-eyed elf sitting on top of a cotton bale and staring down at her ? |
| 8 | He was holding her hand and staring down at her with an extraordinary expression on his face that she had never seen before . |
| 9 | Ruth did n't follow straight away ; she stood folding her napkin absently and staring down at it and wondering what she had learnt from that . |
| 10 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |
| 11 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
| 12 | Miss Honey paused and stared down into her empty tea-mug . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes and stared down into Michael 's face . |
| 14 | She rose from the bed where she had spread out the rosettes , strode to the window and stared down into the garden . |
| 15 | Donna felt a twinge of sadness and stared down into the depths of her cup , picking up the spoon and stirring unnecessarily , watching the dark liquid drip from the plastic utensil . |
| 16 | He placed his hands on either side of her , and stared down into her eyes . |
| 17 | She glanced away quickly and stared down into her cognac , fighting the sudden strange charge of emotion that shot through her . |
| 18 | He took a step towards her , gripped her shoulders , and stared down into her face . |
| 19 | Shiona frowned and stared down into her champagne glass . |
| 20 | Frankie nodded obediently and stared down at his porridge . |
| 21 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 22 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |
| 23 | Lachlan walked slowly up to his room and stared down at his wife lying smiling at him ; and at the red , crumpled face and red , crumpled hair of his son , yelling just like his father in a temper ; and back to Marion again . |
| 24 | Henry scratched his crotch reflectively and stared down at his History of Wimbledon . |
| 25 | My daughter , he told himself as he brushed his teeth and stared down at number 47 's red Mitsubishi , is like me , fat and untalented . |
| 26 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 27 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 28 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
| 29 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 30 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |