Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] stare at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 2 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 3 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 4 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 5 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 6 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 7 | All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky . |
| 8 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 9 | She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground . |
| 10 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 11 | He took a tinder , lit the candles on his desk and stared at the bundles of letters awaiting him . |
| 12 | Jotan leaned out over the rail and stared at the movement at the foot of the stairs . |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 14 | There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse . |
| 15 | He lifted the lid and stared at the keys a while . |
| 16 | I crawled over the grass and sat with my back against the farmhouse and stared at the blood pouring down the front of my battledress . |
| 17 | After we had been locked in I spent the evening making preparations with Malleson 's help : sewing on buttons , dubbining my boots , making a pillow case into a rucksack and staring at a map with unreal names on it like Danzig and Berlin . |
| 18 | He did not raise his eyes to Melanie but stared at the backs of his hands . |
| 19 | He finally slumped against the nearest crate and stared at the dimpled area around the bung . |
| 20 | Stung by her mockery , Frankie hung his head and stared at the remnants of his intended peace-offering . |
| 21 | Walter Carew raised his head and stared at the grey tendrils of smoke climbing up from the brown barren waste . |
| 22 | Quinn replaced the phone , walked to the long couch , lay on his back with his hands clasped behind his head and stared at the ceiling . |
| 23 | The madman shook his head and stared at the bear but Athelstan saw him blink away the tears which pricked his madcap eyes . |
| 24 | ‘ Monsieur , everyone stands by the edge of the water and stares at the fish , that 's why we have such ponds . |
| 25 | Leonora turned on her back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 26 | She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky . |
| 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 | He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead , trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower . |
| 30 | Calatin sat back in his chair and stared at the three strangers in his house and said , ‘ Oh dear , you 're not going into the Far Future ? ’ |