Example sentences of "[conj] stare at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television .
2 She thought of it first when she spent her two nights on the Embankment , which was littered as soon as dark fell with sad , wild men and women stuffing bread into their mouths out of brown paper bags or staring at the barges on the river .
3 And sees their skin like a strange moon , and stares at the grass
4 ‘ Monsieur , everyone stands by the edge of the water and stares at the fish , that 's why we have such ponds .
5 Sometimes , as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window , I think how dismal it is , how hard , how heavy , to watch the rain and not know why it falls .
6 We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair .
7 I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls .
8 A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people .
9 The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road .
10 ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky .
11 Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor .
12 In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head .
13 Then we stagger to our feet and pick our clothes off the floor , and sit and drool into our glass , puffing on a pensive perfecto , and staring at the tabloid and all its gruesome crap .
14 She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling .
15 For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling .
16 He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil .
17 They sat in the back of the Dacia for the drive from Otopeni Airport to the outskirts of the city , holding hands and staring at the lights flashing past .
18 He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment .
19 There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse .
20 Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre .
21 He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 .
22 I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee .
23 Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession .
24 Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking .
25 She sat in her study and stared at the telephone .
26 He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain .
27 He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead , trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower .
28 She picked up a book and stared at the firelight , hoping that Finn might get bitten by something slightly venomous .
29 They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river .
30 He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days .
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