Example sentences of "[noun sg] stare [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weirdest of all is the studio , in which a Madame Tussaud 's waxwork stares out of the half-light at you from behind the control-room glass . |
| 2 | The mysterious figure stared down at the tomb and then turned . |
| 3 | The old grandma who was holding the girl 's hand looked across at him as he walked to the window to stare down into the street to watch for Eddie . |
| 4 | The boy stared down at the doctor for a few seconds . |
| 5 | Dexter watched as his boss stared out into the night , no more than a black profile : her full lips , rounded nose and firm chin silhouetted against the wall behind . |
| 6 | He moved away , walking across the room to stare out through the patio doors , a strange tension in the rigid set of his shoulders . |
| 7 | Craig hurried up the stairs as the knocking became more insistent and paused for a moment staring back to the hallway . |
| 8 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 9 | She was glued to the chair , fascinated by that sharp profile staring down into the street below . |
| 10 | ‘ It occurs to me … ’ he drawled , hesitating for a moment as he studied her intently from beneath his heavy eyelids , before turning his head to stare out of the window at the passing traffic . |
| 11 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 12 | Today the trees have gone but the lead cast of the Stephen Tomlin sculpture of her head stares out from the garden towards the marshes . |
| 13 | Smiling to herself , she glanced into the room , and saw General Froebe staring out at the dock with a melancholy gaze . |
| 14 | She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling and her thoughts immediately flashed back to Luke and last night . |
| 15 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
| 16 | And now , Ian Wharton , now that you are no longer the subject of this cautionary tale , merely its object , now that you are just another unproductive atom staring out from the windows of a branded monad , now that I 've got you where I want you , let the wild rumpus begin . |
| 17 | Still her father stared out of the window . |
| 18 | The merchant stared around into the gathering darkness and his courage began to ebb as he wondered who his strange benefactor might be . |
| 19 | Mechanically he had taken each drink offered without thinking , for the simple reason that he had spent the entire journey staring out of the cabin window into the infinity of space . |
| 20 | The doctor stared up at the boy impatiently . |
| 21 | The elegance of the woman 's appearance , her hoop ear-rings , is carefully realized , but the couple stare out of the canvas blankly , nothing has registered on their faces , neither pain nor passion , and Modigliani remains detached , if faintly amused , by their front of respectability . |
| 22 | Miguel had been sitting on the balcony staring out across the valley . |
| 23 | Graham spent a lot of time staring out of the window — did you see him ? — but it was very quiet . |
| 24 | However , the grim , vulnerable face staring out of the canvas reveals a side of me which undoubtedly is real enough , but one which I 'm sure Jane has never seen . |
| 25 | One of the Hunters looked over the android 's body ; its demonic face staring down at the android 's features . |
| 26 | The old T'ang smiled , seeing how his son stared down into the water ; so like himself in some respects . |