Example sentences of "[adv] stare at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just stared at his outstretched feet . |
| 2 | Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice . |
| 3 | Others keep on staring at their pink plastic cups . |
| 4 | When she had watered them she often sat on the ledge , simply staring at their thin greenness and absorbing the peace of the place . |
| 5 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 6 | You know how it is — you sit on the underground with nothing to read , and you either stare at your fellow passengers or you drift into thinking . |