Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] stared at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 2 | They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river . |
| 3 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 4 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 5 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 6 | Willie nodded and stared at the ground . |
| 7 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 8 | He inhaled and stared at the ceiling ; smoking in bed was something his wife did n't like , it was only on business trips that he managed it , depending on the company . |
| 9 | Carter dealt out the oxygen cylinders while Ralph stood and stared at the smoke billowing out of the third floor of McKay 's department store . |
| 10 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 11 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 12 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 13 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |
| 14 | She sat and stared at the view , while he opened the trunk and lifted out the sheet , complete with its light-brown rose of blood . |