Example sentences of "stared at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Clutching her battered handbag , graceless in her servant 's clothes , Sally-Anne Tunstall advanced into the ambassador 's private drawing-room to confront her mother and father , who stared at the strange sight she presented .
2 She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple .
3 On that frozen trackway , however , I just stared at the grotesque thing lying in the snow ; the hand seemed to be thrusting up through the earth as if some ghoul was struggling to rise from its grave .
4 She stared at the still blue waters of the loch , overhung by weeping willows in their fresh spring greenery .
5 He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower .
6 Mr Utterson stared at the closed door .
7 Leonora stared at the closed door forlornly , certain she 'd lie awake for what was left of the night .
8 Athelstan stared at the closed , set faces of both knights .
9 We stared at the fallen magazine .
10 Merrill stared at the crumbly mess she was making on her plate .
11 Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go .
12 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 .
13 Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill .
14 He stared at the small postcard in front of him .
15 Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras .
16 Withel stared at the boiling flames , unnerved .
17 He stared at the divine creature of his dreams and twenty years vanished .
18 Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself .
19 They both stared at the young woman before them , sipping now at a brandy and port .
20 Richard Langton stared at the young girl before him .
21 He stared at the young man next to Philippa .
22 Tilda stared at the brilliant golden-beaked bird , about which there was something frightening .
23 Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers .
24 It stared at the good eye moving frantically in its socket .
25 As Charlie approached the Whitechapel Road , he stopped and stared at the frantic bustle taking place all around him .
26 Corbett stared at the hard-eyed French envoy and realised that it was impossible to press the matter .
27 Breathing deeply , fighting sudden fresh tears , she stared at the whitewashed walls of the tiny , tidy yard .
28 Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small , glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom .
29 I stared at the innocent little square of foil on the counter .
30 The nomes stared at the innocent little tray .
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