Example sentences of "[conj] stared [adv prt] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop .
2 He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist .
3 He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out .
4 Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling .
5 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 .
6 The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky .
7 I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars .
8 He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky .
9 They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them .
10 I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 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 .
13 Now he sat and stared out at the Brandenburg Gate , lit by the bloody glow of a German sunset and saw it through a mist of tears .
14 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 .
15 He wandered towards the doors that opened on to the wet street , and stared out at the people hurrying along the pavements , feet splashing in puddles , sodden raincoats , barging umbrellas , gleaming cycle capes .
16 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 .
17 Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane .
18 She walked to the window and stared out at the plane .
19 With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds .
20 Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden .
21 He put down his pen and stared out at the Britches , which shifted gently and continuously in the light wind .
22 After a minute or so , when she felt stronger , she opened out the paper and stared down at the message printed there .
23 He stopped and stared down at the floor .
24 Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines .
25 They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace .
26 He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table .
27 Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically .
28 Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table .
29 Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board .
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