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

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1 But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all .
2 Isabel stared at that strong hand for several seconds before lifting her gaze to fitzAlan 's face .
3 Gulping coffee , Herr Nordern stared at that unyielding back and felt his heart sink .
4 I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache .
5 She felt every one of her thirty some years sitting on her face , and stared at this disoriented stranger , her self .
6 Again there was silence between them , but as Mr Beecham stared at this young man , he remembered Martin hinting that his aunt kept the young boy on a tight rein ; and he also went further back and recalled Arthur 's confidence and how he had once described his sister-in-law as a frantic leech .
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