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 | She stood with her hands clasped tightly together and stared frantically at the curtain rail , her face racked with pain . |
| 8 | She merely snorted , as I knew she would , and stared moodily at the blank of the comm . |
| 9 | He rolled onto his stomach and stared moodily at the grass . |
| 10 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | George leaned back and stared consideringly at the questioner . |
| 12 | She laid down her letters and stared blankly at the wall . |
| 13 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 14 | He rang off and stared gloomily at the phone . |
| 15 | Bull O'Malley suppressed a sigh , and stared gloomily at the fire . |
| 16 | John Harbour , as if looking into a mirror , leaned chummily against Babs Osborne and stared adoringly at the camera . |
| 17 | She paused in applying her make-up and stared reflectively at the mirror . |
| 18 | Athelstan stopped and stared hard at the coroner . |
| 19 | She filled in the columns next to Veronica 's name , and stared thoughtfully at the piece of paper . |
| 20 | His glass eye — he had lost the original when he was cleaning a gun — seemed to swivel further out of true than usual and stared pleasantly at the fire ; the real one looked like a razor . |