Example sentences of "[conj] stared at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 3 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 4 | He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead , trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower . |
| 5 | She picked up a book and stared at the firelight , hoping that Finn might get bitten by something slightly venomous . |
| 6 | They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river . |
| 7 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 8 | She went around the lobby formed by the bathroom and stared at the dusk flat . |
| 9 | ‘ Fell in the river ? ’ repeated Gus like an indignant echo , and stared at the smear of blood staining his muddy fingers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 12 | He lay on his back , as on so many previous nights , and stared at the ceiling and thought . |
| 13 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 14 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 15 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 16 | He inhaled and stared at the ceiling ; smoking in bed was something his wife did n't like , it was only on business trips that he managed it , depending on the company . |
| 17 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought that was what you said , ’ he muttered , then , drawing in his breath , he put his head back against the pillows and stared at the ceiling . |
| 19 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 20 | Leonora turned on her back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 21 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
| 22 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 23 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 24 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 25 | You need an awful lot of persuading to get doctors to start to use a new medicine and a classic example was of the treatment of depression , where the pharmaceutical manufacturers started to produce tablets which were very effective in stopping depression , not just feeling a bit blue but actual serious clinical depression where the person 's sat in the corner and stared at the wall and did nothing — I mean really serious depression — doctors took a long time to realize that there was an effective treatment for that and to start to prescribe it , and in fact actually doctors in Britain are rather good in that we prescribe many more effective treatments for depression , we diagnose it more often , and this we believe in our office that this is one of the reasons why the suicide rate has gone down in Britain quite dramatically in the last few years , because depression , which is obviously one of the main causes of suicide , is being effectively treated . |
| 26 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 27 | He lowered his hand and stared at the man sitting facing him . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never seen anything so magnificent , ’ she said , and stared at the water cascading down the three-tier construction . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Philip put his glasses on and stared at the boy . |