Example sentences of "[verb] stare [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked away , pretending to stare out of the window as he began to summarise his conclusions . |
| 2 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 3 | The Pole turned to stare out of the window , his expression once again as bleak as the sky outside . |
| 4 | Merrill turned to stare out of the window . |
| 5 | Sighing , she turned to stare out of the window . |
| 6 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 7 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 8 | I have finished my letter and sit staring down through the orchard thinking about those who have occupied the slit trenches since 6th June : Taff , the mortar team , the others who have gone and have been replaced by new faces . |
| 9 | Corbett rubbed the strap between his fingers and went to stare out of the window , half-listening to the sounds of the night outside . |
| 10 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 11 | He was standing staring out of the window and his mother looked at him reproachfully . |
| 12 | I am reduced to sitting staring out of the window with nothing much to look at but a young man , presumably a salesman or political canvasser , patiently going from door to door down the street . |
| 13 | He cleared his throat once more and resumed staring up at the ceiling . |
| 14 | He remembered staring out from the nest site on a clear cold morning and seeing a line of grey-blue a few miles to the north which they said was the sea . |
| 15 | I had to stare out of the window . |
| 16 | He cleared his throat and continued to stare out of the window for a couple of moments longer . |
| 17 | Because he knew he could n't speak of what was in his mind , he pretended he had n't heard her and continued to stare out of the window . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ said Charlie , and sat shivering as he continued to stare out into the darkness for another forty minutes . |
| 19 | Always young women , they recline and modestly turn their faces into their arms which are raised around their heads , so that their graceful , elongated bodies are presented as objects to be looked upon without the discomfort of a confronting stare back into the viewer 's gaze . |
| 20 | Ranulf sat staring down at the ground . |
| 21 | She remained staring out across the clearing to the trees . |
| 22 | Jane crossed to the windows and stood staring down into the street . |
| 23 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 24 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 25 | I stood staring out of the window into the shifting , cloying mist and wondered about Mathilda 's ghosts trooping back to their worm-eaten beds . |