Example sentences of "stared [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With difficulty , she rolled her body into a more comfortable position , pulled up the collar of her cherry wool coat , twisted her scarf around her head , and heaped bracken to form a pillow ; with her head upon it , she stared crossly at the now leaden sky overhead . |
| 2 | Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water . |
| 3 | She stared uneasily at the envelope , at the black , firm hand , at the French stamp , and then she put out the light and went to bed . |
| 4 | And all the time he stared mercilessly at the student . |
| 5 | Ashi stared dumbly at the misty figure behind the blinding aureole . |
| 6 | Sometimes men in mackintoshes stared in at the bookshop windows as if building up to a flash . |
| 7 | Then he stared down at the floor , gathering together the threads of the day . |
| 8 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
| 9 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 10 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Jack , but as she turned to him she saw his face suddenly turn pale as he stared down at the factory . |
| 12 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 13 | ‘ Have I ? ’ and he stared down at the letters . |
| 14 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
| 15 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 16 | He stared down at the paper , repeating softly , ‘ You 'll be all right . |
| 17 | Bodie stared down at the spread-eagled figure , then reached out to close the staring eyes . |
| 18 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 19 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 20 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
| 21 | Opening the lid , she stared down at the emeralds glinting up at her like cat 's eyes , her mother 's emeralds and her grandmother 's and many generations of Grenfell women before her . |
| 22 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 23 | Sharpe , his telescope open , stared down at the old , familiar enemy . |
| 24 | Sharpe stared down at the map . |
| 25 | The boy stared down at the doctor for a few seconds . |
| 26 | Joe stared down at the large , rough hand gently rubbing against him . |
| 27 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 28 | She stared down at the frothing white surf that slid past the ship 's side and fell into a reverie in which imaginings of her future life became mixed with memories of past days at Ballingolin . |
| 29 | She stared down at the crucifix , wondering desperately how much they knew , whether they had any knowledge of her liaison with Tristram or whether these questions were merely based upon suspicion . |
| 30 | Lizzy stared down at the bandages on her wrists . |