Example sentences of "stare at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , we might as well all stay at home and stare at computer terminals . |
| 2 | ( They stare at audience . ) |
| 3 | Staring at space , Frere shook his head . |
| 4 | I 'M STARING AT IT NOW . |
| 5 | He looked the other way , staring at TV aerials as if he was doing a project on them . |
| 6 | He was staring at Maxim 's plate with real puzzlement ; his own was still half-full . |
| 7 | Damian sat down slowly in his place , completely silenced by the rebuke , staring at Gawain as if he were trying to understand the thought-processes which had led up to it . |
| 8 | Tonight he had been immersed in scenes of Mafia violence and found himself the next moment slumped in the Chesterfield staring at silver snow on the screen . |
| 9 | She was staring at Tug . |
| 10 | Ditty staring at defeat |
| 11 | ‘ I used to spend an extraordinary amount of time staring at light switches and thinking they were owls . |
| 12 | Cranston stared at Athelstan with red-rimmed eyes . |
| 13 | But she just turned her head and stared at Granny . |
| 14 | Mr Priest looked up and stared at Dad for a while and Dad stood there waiting for a reply . |
| 15 | They were walking along a broad corridor between glass-partitioned offices , lit by bleak fluorescent strip lighting , where sallow-faced men in shirt-sleeves stared at computer terminals or pored over sheets of printout . |
| 16 | Isabel dragged her eyes away from the ground and stared at fitzAlan . |
| 17 | Something in the back of her mind was saying : shock , , you 're in shock , Bernice snap out of it , woman , but she tuned it out and just stared at Ace until the world came back into focus around her and she heard Bishop saying calmly : |
| 18 | Alexei stared at parin and showed his teeth . |
| 19 | As they passed Mon Ré , the cream-coloured car was just turning into the drive ; and again the two bovine occupants stared at Breeze . |
| 20 | Nathan leaned forwards , stared at scenery that , even in the dark , he knew off by heart and could recite . |
| 21 | The artillery Colonel jerked round , stared at Rebecque for an instant , then bellowed his own orders , but instead of ordering a killing volley into the tall rye , he commanded his men to retreat . |
| 22 | Aunt Tossie put her elbows on the table in a rude way and , with her chin in her hands , stared at Maman through the epergne of silver and little vases that came between them . |
| 23 | Bicker stared at Finnan for a long moment , then turned to take in the rest of the company . |