Example sentences of "[adv] stare at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was so dead , so cold , so indifferent to her that she could only stare at him with a block like concrete lodged somewhere near her heart . |
| 2 | Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes . |
| 3 | But the others could only stare at him in speechless amazement . |
| 4 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
| 5 | She looked at Dodger inquiringly and back at me , but Dodger was just staring at me with her head on one side and drop dead in her eyes She was n't doing introductions . |
| 6 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 7 | The mottled old man two beds away stared at them with poached eyes . |
| 8 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 9 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 10 | By the time he got to me he was n't ranting and raving , he just stared at me with mad eyes . ’ |
| 11 | He hardly flinched , just stared at her in horrified amazement . |
| 12 | I once played James ‘ Rocky ’ Mountain of the FBI in a ‘ Children 's Hour ’ programme , and when I saw my name in the Radio Times I just stared at it for ages . |
| 13 | Luke was still staring at her as if she had gone mad . |
| 14 | Luke was still staring at her as if expecting a rabbit to emerge from her sleeve at any moment . |
| 15 | She 's still staring at me like an animal . |
| 16 | Dann turned the gun in his hands , still staring at it in the passing flares of street lighting . |
| 17 | Sudden silence struck the voices downstairs and , as Theda reached the railings and leaned over them , she saw his handsome features turned up to stare at her from the bottom of the stairs . |
| 18 | Felicity goes on staring at him in astonishment . |
| 19 | He did n't answer , just went on staring at her as if she was talking gibberish . |
| 20 | " 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't stare at her like that , ’ Zurachina whispered . |
| 23 | I said , please do n't stare at me like that . |
| 24 | If they did n't stare at him on TV he would n't be in a position to spend £425,000 on a new house . |
| 25 | Mrs Browning gave an exclamation of astonishment — a great breathing-out and almost a groan that came with it — and Mr Browning simply stared at her in disbelief . |
| 26 | Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes . |
| 27 | I stood there staring at it for a moment , unable to believe what I saw . |
| 28 | Eagerly she tugged the card off the Cellophane wrapping — then stared at it in confusion . |
| 29 | A pier is a disappointed bridge ; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel . |
| 30 | He was leaning forward staring at me with his hands on his knees . |