Example sentences of "to stare at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look away , for all the reasons that people like me , with homes and an income , look away : a mixture of helplessness , guilt and the desire not to stare at a perfect stranger , as it were , in bed . |
| 2 | For many viewers to be invited to stare at a naked child is too complex and disturbing . |
| 3 | He wanted to stare at a free sky . |
| 4 | She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges . |
| 5 | To concentrate on the barons is to stare at the public face . |
| 6 | ‘ Yep , but she 's your girl , ’ said Charlie as he continued to stare at the long-haired blonde who pretended to ignore their attentions . |
| 7 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 8 | She had just read the last paragraph when the kitchen door opened and Matey entered , far earlier than she normally did , to stare at the unlikely scene before her : Dr Neil characteristically leaning back in his wooden Windsor armchair , McAllister sitting on her stool , reading the paper , the used coffee-cups and the empty biscuit plate sitting between them . |
| 9 | He shook his head and continued to stare at the old man , but there was pleading in his voice now . |
| 10 | To stare at an empty vastness would be dispiriting ; perhaps also it would bring about too great a sense of isolation . |