Example sentences of "[verb] and stared [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rose and stared through the window to the hills outside , to the sea running gently into the embracing arms of the bay . |
| 2 | Markby stopped and stared across the field . |
| 3 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 4 | They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river . |
| 5 | Culley turned and stared across the site . |
| 6 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 7 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 10 | Willie nodded and stared at the ground . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know what ye mean , ’ Agnes sniffed and stared up the street defiantly , ‘ … and I do n't want to know . ’ |
| 12 | He chewed and stared to the south , where his precious parchment sheets might even now be ash , blowing on the storm wind of the new shaman 's power . |
| 13 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 14 | The priest paused and stared into the flames . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 17 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 18 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 21 | Rangers lost the ball from the kick-off , and stood and stared as the Russians cut through their defence . |
| 22 | Jesse sat and stared into the flames , seeing faces in the patterns . |
| 23 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She sat and stared along the Edge , down into the dale , not bothering to strain her ears and listen to the radio , because she knew it was pointless . |