Example sentences of "[noun] stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horse was white , the rider cloaked , but his red hair streamed out against the darkness as he fell , open-mouthed , eyes staring into the black void . |
| 2 | Jane Cox was standing there transfixed , her eyes staring in an inhuman gaze . |
| 3 | Cheeks , a gaudy girl who had been riding with the ‘ pomps for the last few months , was literally crushed flat into the road , dead eyes staring from a foot-wide face . |
| 4 | Rex stared through the up-turned windscreen . |
| 5 | Frankie stared towards the shorter flight of steps leading to the landing . |
| 6 | Grimma stared at the huge face . |
| 7 | Breathing heavily Emilia stared at the younger woman as though bereft of all hope that she might be understood . |
| 8 | Hari stared around the silent building , there was no-one about , the silence hung heavily over the rows of seats , the stage was hidden by a thick curtain and yet Hari had the eerie sensation that she was being watched . |
| 9 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 10 | Kim stared through the net curtain into the grey cloud filled sky . |
| 11 | Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot . |
| 12 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 13 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 14 | Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face . |
| 15 | Ruth stared through the flashing darkness , and despite the cold felt her blood pulsing . |
| 16 | Anabelle stared at the terrible mess . |
| 17 | My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney . |
| 18 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 19 | The art director stared at the glossy double-spread in Harper 's Bazaar enviously ; he knew , just knew , that it was going to sweep every goddamn award . |
| 20 | Martin stared at the thin strand of smoke rising from the burnt end . |
| 21 | Tug stared into a big kitchen/living-room full of old , heavy furniture that did not quite match . |
| 22 | Sir Bryan stared over the Red car park , packed with cars but devoid of people . |
| 23 | Paige stared at the accusing jade in horror , then , white-faced , raised her eyes to where Travis stood in the doorway between their rooms . |
| 24 | Shelley stared at a carved gateway painted white and blue , with two large blue plantpots outside , and two palm trees inside . |
| 25 | For a moment that bordered on eternity , Fran stared at the throbbing centre of her hand , then snatched it away and scrambled from the car , uncaring what interpretation he put on her haste . |
| 26 | Richard Langton stared at the young girl before him . |
| 27 | As Sam Somerville took off from Heathrow , Dr Barnard was sitting in his laboratory in Fulham staring at a small collection of pieces of debris spread on a crisp white sheet of paper across a table-top . |
| 28 | With a convulsive swallow , Virginia stared at the beautiful woman who had been Guy 's fiancée . |
| 29 | Jesus Garcia de Soto y Delporto stared through the transparent Lift wall with a puzzled expression . |
| 30 | Mademoiselle stared at the enormous thing as if she really could not believe her eyes , she gave a shriek even louder than Mary-Lou had given . |