Example sentences of "staring at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also left England , Holland and the Republic of Ireland staring at one another in blank disbelief . |
| 2 | All day Coleman sat in a hot studio staring at one picture and maintaining hours of nonstop commentary to out-Dimbleby the best of them . |
| 3 | Rebecque galloped back towards the Dutch battery , shouting at its Colonel to open fire on the concealed columns , but the Colonel was staring at one of his officers who had been killed by a skirmisher 's bullet . |
| 4 | ( On one occasion with magnificent inconsequence , she had remarked after staring at one of Clara 's dazzling reports , " Well , handsome is as handsome does " ; this was the only occasion on which she had ever said anything complimentary about Clara 's looks . ) |
| 5 | For several seconds the two women sat staring at one another , unable to speak for thinking of that awful scene . |
| 6 | Perhaps for this reason , non-aggressive cats when staring at other cats or at humans will blink , thereby signalling that the scrutiny is not hostile . |
| 7 | ‘ I was sitting there staring at four white walls wondering what was happening to me . |
| 8 | ‘ Ken was sitting up there , just staring at that awful pit . |
| 9 | So , if you 're still lying in the tub , staring at that cracked sink , why not think about transforming your smallest room ? |
| 10 | Bernice could n't help staring at that head . |
| 11 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 12 | Suddenly , she was staring at that mouth . |
| 13 | Rachel froze , staring at that black printed insignia . |
| 14 | But I remember being happy just staring at all the people passing by . |
| 15 | Manuel Caballeros took immense care with his fifteen-foot putt , stalking the line in both directions , conferring with his caddie , who had taken the pin out , staring at distant parts of the green as if they might unexpectedly become pregnant . |
| 16 | They stood an instant , staring at each other . |
| 17 | We seemed drowned in dusk ; two men staring at each other . |
| 18 | We remained staring at each other . |
| 19 | We must have stood , the three of us , staring at each other for nearly half a minute . |
| 20 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 21 | Jancey and Rachel quit staring at each other . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh … = ’ they said together , staring at each other . |
| 23 | We both drank , staring at each other . |
| 24 | Staring at each other while having dinner or being at a party , then go home , go to bed and talk . |
| 25 | She had turned to him now and they were staring at each other . |
| 26 | With that he turned and marched from the kitchen , leaving Rachel and her mother staring at each other . |
| 27 | He did n't even try to kiss her , which was very noticeable , as they spent most of the evening staring at each other , feeling electricity crackle between them every time they accidentally touched , and , by the time Rachel left , her stomach was clenched in a knot of intolerable excitement . |
| 28 | The female still lay there , watery eyes staring at some remote distance from which she waited to be recalled . |
| 29 | Mark is staring at some blond God . |
| 30 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |