Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] stared [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finally slumped against the nearest crate and stared at the dimpled area around the bung . |
| 2 | Walter Carew raised his head and stared at the grey tendrils of smoke climbing up from the brown barren waste . |
| 3 | He sat cross-legged on the ground and stared into the black grid on the front of the radio . |
| 4 | Calatin sat back in his chair and stared at the three strangers in his house and said , ‘ Oh dear , you 're not going into the Far Future ? ’ |
| 5 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
| 6 | He lifted him up absently , sat in the armchair and stared into the open range . |
| 7 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
| 8 | I sat down on a rock in the golden air and stared at the vast expanse of glassy blue and listened to the sucking and lapping . |
| 9 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 10 | Bodie stood by Doyle 's bed and stared at the pale face of his friend , the eyes closed but moving restlessly beneath the lids . |
| 11 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 12 | Afterwards , I sat on his lap while he drank some of that funny-smelling liquid and stared at the moving pictures in the corner . |
| 13 | Paulette cradled her cup of ale and stared through the open door into the stableyard where chickens pecked at oats and Sharpe 's dog twitched in exhausted sleep . |
| 14 | I chewed my lip and stared into the faint mist being burnt off by the early morning sun . |
| 15 | After one all-encompassing look at her he simply sat down with his brandy and stared into the dying fire . |