Example sentences of "he stared at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 2 | Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them . |
| 3 | He stared at the ceiling . |
| 4 | Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman . |
| 5 | He stared at the ashtray . |
| 6 | He stared at the old man . |
| 7 | He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap . |
| 8 | He stared at the topknot of red-gold curls , straining to remember . |
| 9 | The three of them looked at the dark-dressed figure of their brother , his head back , as he stared at the huge oil painting of highland cattle hanging on the broad stone wall of the fireplace , and he answered , ‘ I do n't know , Reggie . |
| 10 | Slowly he climbed out of the van , shaking his head as he stared at the bridge . |
| 11 | Then he stared at the barrier of earth Heather had made along the hayfield side of the fire . |
| 12 | He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself . |
| 13 | He stared at the screen . |
| 14 | He stared at the empty television screen , at a loss , silenced . |
| 15 | He stared at the small postcard in front of him . |
| 16 | He stared at the field by the quarry . |
| 17 | He stared at the gigantic cake . |
| 18 | He stared at the cake . |
| 19 | … stout Cortez , when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with wild surmise — Silent , upon a peak in Darién . |
| 20 | He stared at the low wooden fence and the pure sward of snow yellowed by the lights , and at the low wire fence and at the high wire fence and at the high wooden fence . |
| 21 | He stared at the darkened forecourt . |
| 22 | He stared at the woman . |
| 23 | ‘ Where 've you jokers been ? ’ asked one of them , as he stared at the bits of tree hanging off us . |
| 24 | Duncan lay next to her , his arm behind her head as he stared at the ceiling . |
| 25 | The Prince chewed at a fingernail as he stared at the map . |
| 26 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
| 27 | He was walking out of the tower when he glanced up , stopped , froze as he stared at the horror above his head . |
| 28 | He stared at the note in something of a stupor , reading it over and over , looking — vainly , of course — for some small consolation in it . |
| 29 | But he stared at the screens as the pictures sharpened into focus . |
| 30 | He stared at the river with his shoulders shaking and his hands clasped tightly in his lap . |