Example sentences of "stared at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cunningham backed his wheelchair away from the desk and stared at Harry quizzically , though whether because he was reluctant to answer or because the mere asking of the question puzzled him it was impossible to tell .
2 He stared at Athelstan .
3 Fitzormonde stared at Athelstan and the friar began to suspect the true reason behind the drawing on the pieces of parchment .
4 The urchin stared at Athelstan .
5 Swinging round , she stared at Feargal , then slumped in defeat .
6 The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket .
7 Seeing how the boy stared at Hammond 's hand a moment before tentatively offering his own , how he studied the meeting of their hands , as if it were something wholly new to him , Spatz understood .
8 Tezla stared at Juron , still wide-eyed .
9 Vologsky stared at Kirov in puzzlement , thinking deeply .
10 Father Poole raised his head and stared at Myles over the tops of his glasses .
11 He stared at Myles with his heavy-lidded eyes , a slight smile on his face .
12 Golding stared at Ursula .
13 Tallis stared at Scathach 's burned and blistered body .
14 The nurse made a funny sucking noise with her lips and stared at Meg .
15 Kinane stared at Kelly in the evening gloom .
16 Cranston stared at Athelstan with red-rimmed eyes .
17 Jean stared at Christina without really seeing her .
18 I just stared at Santerre 's cheery face .
19 I stared at Santerre .
20 He stared at Alexei for a moment longer , and then suddenly he grinned impishly .
21 Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly .
22 He stared at Alexei , and the pupils in his amber eyes seemed to expand , then contract again .
23 He stared at Alexei .
24 Instead he stared at Blanche , his eyelashes remarkably long and black , his hamster cheeks plump and shiny .
25 The boy stared at Philip .
26 Stone said nothing , just stared at Doyle , whose boyish features looked hard , baiting .
27 Barney Moss stared at Doyle through the intervening glass-topped door , and Doyle felt the hostility like tiny knives .
28 But Barney Moss did n't like the joke , stared at Doyle as if Doyle were the pits of the earth .
29 She stared at Reynolds .
30 They were light ; he was aware of the fact even as he stared at Mrs Patten .
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