Example sentences of "staring at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was ashamed of the way his father sat in his armchair staring at them without joining in the conversation , or even rudely reading as they talked . |
| 2 | ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open . |
| 3 | Joe followed his mother into the room , and they stood looking at Martin , who had his back to the empty grate now and was staring at them as if he was n't seeing them . |
| 4 | I stood staring at them in utter bewilderment . |
| 5 | ‘ The groovesome dudes , ’ she said thickly , staring at him through her lashes , then drew an unsteady breath and turned her back on him . |
| 6 | It seemed to Joe that his mother was waiting behind the hall door for him , because no sooner had he entered the house than there she was , staring at him over the distance . |
| 7 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 8 | Jack took hold of her arms but she stood there limply , staring at him with her wet eyes , opening her wet mouth . |
| 9 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 10 | Then she was silent , staring at him with horrified eyes . |
| 11 | When she realised he had no intention of following her , she paused and jerked round her head , staring at him with those glittering blue eyes . |
| 12 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 13 | So when he sees Rose staring at him with her dark , serious eyes among the crowds on the staircases in the interval ( this is at a concert ) he does n't hesitate for a moment , but goes straight up to her . |
| 14 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 15 | Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes . |
| 16 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 17 | It was sitting on the great high-backed chair by the fire , and it was staring at him with hate in its small red eyes . |
| 18 | It was staring at him with hate . |
| 19 | It was staring at him with hate . |
| 20 | Defensively she pushed his hand away , staring at him with dark-pupilled eyes , the clear grey irises ringed with silver . |
| 21 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 22 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 23 | " I do , " agreed Matthew , thinking that old Coleworthy was a very different kettle of fish from the man now staring at him with slightly belligerent blue eyes . |
| 24 | Fran broke off , staring at him with frightened eyes . |
| 25 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 26 | He stared down at the whimpering person beyond the front of the cage , at the people around , at the Man staring at him for a moment , and then at Woil who had taken stance on a litter bin . |
| 27 | Aware that she had been staring at him for rather a long time , she blinked and asked hastily , ‘ Did you sort out your business ? ’ |
| 28 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 29 | Felicity goes on staring at him in astonishment . |
| 30 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |