Example sentences of "stared at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 2 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 3 | I crawled over the grass and sat with my back against the farmhouse and stared at the blood pouring down the front of my battledress . |
| 4 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 5 | That evening is I crouched at the back of the slit trench , swatting the mauses and listening to the sound of shells passing over and the rain dripping steadily in through the entrance to the trench , I stared at the pool of water getting larger and hoped that the rain would soon stop , if it does n't I 'm in for an uncomfortable night . |
| 6 | As I stared at the German with the white flag , I remembered ( as no doubt the five Frenchmen lying beside me also remembered ) a short time ago in Amfreville a small party of Germans had surrendered and , as the Commando patrol approached , one of the Germans had lobbed a grenade , killing and wounding several members of the patrol . |
| 7 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 8 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 9 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 10 | Nordern stared at the mail , dumbfounded . |
| 11 | Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them . |
| 12 | Vincent stared at the man blankly . |
| 13 | People stared at the car , and we tried hard to look like the owners , not just the delivery team . |
| 14 | McLeish told Francesca to hang on while he got this down as a note , and stared at the result . |
| 15 | Philip put his glasses on and stared at the boy . |
| 16 | Philip stared at the picture on the wall opposite . |
| 17 | He stared at the ceiling . |
| 18 | She stared at the floor , turning pink and feeling so confused that she almost missed what Mr Hollins was saying . |
| 19 | Then she stared at the picture for a full minute . |
| 20 | Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman . |
| 21 | He stared at the ashtray . |
| 22 | Sweetheart stared at the mess on the kitchen floor , then at the unhappy little boy , then back at the ruined flowers . |
| 23 | Stung by her mockery , Frankie hung his head and stared at the remnants of his intended peace-offering . |
| 24 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 25 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 26 | Ada Gaily stared at the spilling-out white shirt and the maroon-bordered handkerchief . |
| 27 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 28 | Kathleen Lavender stared at the three envelopes , two white , one brown , one long , two small . |
| 29 | The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak , afraid to face the voice , terrified at the prospect of looking upon the Almighty . |
| 30 | They both stared at the water with reluctance stamped all over their faces , then Sam 's cleared as he thought of a more palatable solution . |