Example sentences of "had [been] staring [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armand Horowitz had been staring into space , mentally checking the measures he must take to trace Tweed . |
| 2 | Mr Flood had been staring into that tree a lot lately , and worse still having conversations with someone he saw in its branches . |
| 3 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 4 | Robin-Anne had been staring at the dark sea , but now she turned her big eyes back to me . |
| 5 | The Doctor had been staring at the ceiling for a very long time . |
| 6 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
| 7 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 8 | ‘ If you continue to look at me like that we sha n't make it any further than the nearest bed , ’ he murmured , and Claudia jumped ; she had been staring at him hungrily . |
| 9 | ‘ Is anything wrong ? ’ he queried , and Belinda realised that she had been staring at him in silence for far too long , as she tried to decide what to say . |
| 10 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |