Example sentences of "[conj] stared at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 2 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 3 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 4 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 5 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 6 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |