Example sentences of "[noun] stare [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 2 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 3 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 4 | Genius is the bust of Beethoven and Keats dying and Shelley dying and the size of War and Peace and poor old Sartre banging away at his trilogy and Hemingway paring it down to its essence and Monet unable to distinguish colours any more and Picasso staring out at the camera with his chest bare and his eyes blazing and Cézanne snarling like a dog and then walking out of Aix with his canvas and paints on his back to paint that mountain and Byron dying and Pushkin dying and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | Maxham stared up at the ceiling . |
| 6 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 7 | And from the depths of the pool little yellow frogs stared up at the nomes . |
| 8 | Jinkwa stared down at the creature 's ugly face . |
| 9 | The mysterious figure stared down at the tomb and then turned . |
| 10 | Riven stared up at the Manse with its flapping pennants . |
| 11 | The boy stared down at the doctor for a few seconds . |
| 12 | Kebbel stared up at the ceiling . |
| 13 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 14 | Rincewind stared down at the box . |
| 15 | Sharpe stared down at the map . |
| 16 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 17 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 18 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 19 | Helen stared out at the plane . |
| 20 | Li Shai Tung stared back at the boy for a moment , then looked down , chilled by what Ben had said . |
| 21 | ’ Li Shai Tung stared back at the hologram a moment longer , then , sighing , he plucked the scented sticks from the offering bowl , and threw them aside . |
| 22 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 23 | Smiling to herself , she glanced into the room , and saw General Froebe staring out at the dock with a melancholy gaze . |
| 24 | She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night . |
| 25 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |
| 26 | Lindsey stared out at the water . |
| 27 | Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened . |
| 28 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
| 29 | Heathcliff stared down at the child he was holding . |
| 30 | Lisa stared down at the tablecloth , wishing she could think of some excuse to go . |