Example sentences of "staring at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolonen 's eyes were wide , staring at the corpse . |
| 2 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 3 | There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse . |
| 4 | I stood for a long time , staring at the mirror . |
| 5 | He wiped his face with one end of the brightly coloured sweat rag he wore round his neck , staring at the problem ahead . |
| 6 | Fergus was staring at the plasterboard expanse above them . |
| 7 | That fancy feast at the Mamounia was a fitting end to a week spent loitering in hushed palace courtyards and lush palm-tree gardens , staring at the marble mosaic walls and the carved cedarwood ceilings in the palaces and in the Museum of Moroccan Art . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't imagine why you wanted to come here , ’ she said , staring at the milling crowds of people with distaste . |
| 9 | A teenage clerk from one of the offices down the corridor was passing with a sheaf of rolled documents bound in ribbon , and he was staring at the exchange . |
| 10 | He stood in front of the door , staring at the peeling blue paint as if trying to imprint every detail on his memory . |
| 11 | Roy was standing in the doorway , staring at the kitchen as if he was in the wrong house . |
| 12 | The middle section parted company next , landing neatly between two branches , and Mother was left staring at the tip section , contemplating disaster . |
| 13 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 14 | He sits there sucking on a dead cheroot , staring at the board like he 's forgotten a phone number . |
| 15 | ‘ Spoken like a true woman , ’ said Dr Neil , staring at the board , empty save for a few pieces clustered round a pair of kings in one corner . |
| 16 | She sat , still staring at the newspaper and slowly a look of understanding came across her face as if the final piece of the jigsaw had just been put into place . |
| 17 | They lounge round my chair now , staring at the chaplain and licking their lips . |
| 18 | She , too , was staring at the debris . |
| 19 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 20 | He said this last part carefully , his eyes staring at the road ahead . |
| 21 | Two men were staring at the road . |
| 22 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 23 | Emily sat in her father 's study , staring at the mass of figures that danced before her eyes . |
| 24 | Her fingers tried uselessly to stem the flow of flaming tresses , and Benedict , mesmerised , stood with the tray stupidly clasped in his hands , staring at the mass of struggling copper , bright and flickering like fire in the glow from outside . |
| 25 | She was staring at the platform again . |
| 26 | She was in the grip of a white-hot fury , she registered , standing there in the middle of the room , staring at the calm , peaceful setting . |
| 27 | They were both lying on their backs staring at the top of the cavity . |
| 28 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 29 | The young man straightened up and put his hands on his hips , staring at the man . |
| 30 | He took off his overcoat and sat down at his desk , staring at the man . |