Example sentences of "stared at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen stared at the oak chest and wondered what was in it . |
| 2 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 3 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 4 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 5 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 6 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 7 | Then she fell back on the turf and stared at the sky until she deemed it time to go home . |
| 8 | Cranston steadied himself carefully on the icy cobbles and stared at the sky . |
| 9 | Tony stared at the criss-cross cuts all over Tippy 's thighs . |
| 10 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 11 | Ellie stared at the painting some more , before she started to explain . |
| 12 | He stared at the painting . |
| 13 | … 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 . |
| 14 | The Prince chewed at a fingernail as he stared at the map . |
| 15 | Jackson stared at the map , half-focused , until the highways and streets and open spaces seemed to crawl and shift . |
| 16 | The magician turned , stared at the cat and said something in a strange language . |
| 17 | He lifted the lid and stared at the keys a while . |
| 18 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 19 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
| 20 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 21 | After Joe had hung up , he stared at the window for a while . |
| 22 | She stared at the window aghast , and the woman 's face stared back , shadowy and haggard , blurred by the streaming rain . |
| 23 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 24 | She stared at the papers in her hand uncomprehendingly . |
| 25 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 26 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 27 | Lisa stared at the message for a long , long time , trying to stifle the sudden swift beat of her heart . |
| 28 | Corbett stared at the coins . |
| 29 | They stared at the branch . |
| 30 | Lever stared at the parcel a moment , his eyes burning with curiosity , then looked up again , smiling . |