Example sentences of "[noun pl] stare [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was held in a reclining position by his seat-belt , with his head bent back and his mouth open , his eyes staring up at the roof of the car , his right arm hanging straight down , his left snagged on the gear-stick . |
| 2 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 3 | And from the depths of the pool little yellow frogs stared up at the nomes . |
| 4 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 5 | There we discovered the £7.50 hamburger meal , flower-selling girls with Chanel handbags and wealthy exhibitionists who apparently enjoyed being part of a human zoo , preening themselves on their extravagant yachts while the hoi-polloi stared up from the quayside . |
| 6 | She frequently sat up in the wee sma' hours staring out of the window . |
| 7 | Hideous gargoyles stared down from the comers of the room , and a clammy dampness seemed to cover the black walls . |
| 8 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 9 | The great Blue Boar inn was a half-stone tavern mansion , its glazed horned windows stared out over the market place . |
| 10 | Alexei stared out over the view , and wondered why his father had caused his house to be built in such a style . |
| 11 | Sometimes men in mackintoshes stared in at the bookshop windows as if building up to a flash . |