Example sentences of "[conj] stared [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a whimper of disgust and confusion , she sank into her chair and stared absently at the mound of paperwork . |
| 2 | At crucial moments , they froze in mid-stride and stared anxiously at the ground , their radios pressed to their ears . |
| 3 | Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water . |
| 4 | Walking back into her room , she sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall . |
| 5 | He screwed up his eyes and stared unseeingly at the calendar on the further wall . |
| 6 | Questions poured towards the chair , and Mrs Murphy banged her gavel so hard on the coffee table that it left a mark , which distressed her so much that she forgot for a moment why she was hammering and stared sadly at the dent in the wood . |
| 7 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 8 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 9 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 10 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 11 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 12 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 13 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 14 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 15 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
| 16 | She stood with her hands clasped tightly together and stared frantically at the curtain rail , her face racked with pain . |
| 17 | She merely snorted , as I knew she would , and stared moodily at the blank of the comm . |
| 18 | He rolled onto his stomach and stared moodily at the grass . |
| 19 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 20 | George leaned back and stared consideringly at the questioner . |
| 21 | She laid down her letters and stared blankly at the wall . |
| 22 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 23 | He rang off and stared gloomily at the phone . |
| 24 | Bull O'Malley suppressed a sigh , and stared gloomily at the fire . |
| 25 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 26 | John Harbour , as if looking into a mirror , leaned chummily against Babs Osborne and stared adoringly at the camera . |
| 27 | She paused in applying her make-up and stared reflectively at the mirror . |
| 28 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
| 29 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 30 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |