Example sentences of "[verb] stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned her back on him , she was breathless with rage , lying staring at the darkened wall of the cabin , aware he had completely turned her confrontation to his advantage and beaten her hands down . |
| 2 | I can remember staring after the fatal chariot until it was a dot on the new road . |
| 3 | For many viewers to be invited to stare at a naked child is too complex and disturbing . |
| 4 | ‘ For Pete 's sake ! ’ he muttered moodily , and shoved his hands in his pockets and went to stare into the empty fireplace . |
| 5 | Maggie was left staring at a closed door , lost for words . |
| 6 | He rolled over , and she was left staring at the daunting stretch of his broad back . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's Fergie , ’ someone said , and within seconds Charles and Diana were left staring at an empty patch of snow where a moment before dozens of photographers had been elbowing one another for the best position . |
| 8 | I had stared over the famous landscape : the three bridges , the brownstones of Brooklyn Heights . |
| 9 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 10 | She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges . |
| 11 | He shook his head and continued to stare at the old man , but there was pleading in his voice now . |
| 12 | ‘ Yep , but she 's your girl , ’ said Charlie as he continued to stare at the long-haired blonde who pretended to ignore their attentions . |
| 13 | He wanted to stare at a free sky . |
| 14 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 15 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 16 | We stood staring across the icy water at the mist-shrouded island . |
| 17 | As we both stood staring through the slight mist wondering what would happen next , Sid broke the silence . |
| 18 | Fifteen minutes later , or it may have been twenty , I stood staring at a caged lift : the chest-flexing iron lattice , the accordion doors . |
| 19 | She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing . |
| 20 | Zen stood staring at the younger man in considerable embarrassment . |
| 21 | ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ asked his mother as the boy stood staring at the moving hand rail . |
| 22 | I stood staring for a long while . |
| 23 | Shivering with the intense cold , Ho and Jack stood staring into the transparent body of the Kershaw Worm . |