Example sentences of "[noun prp] stare [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 2 | Genius is the bust of Beethoven and Keats dying and Shelley dying and the size of War and Peace and poor old Sartre banging away at his trilogy and Hemingway paring it down to its essence and Monet unable to distinguish colours any more and Picasso staring out at the camera with his chest bare and his eyes blazing and Cézanne snarling like a dog and then walking out of Aix with his canvas and paints on his back to paint that mountain and Byron dying and Pushkin dying and all the rest of it . |
| 3 | Maxham stared up at the ceiling . |
| 4 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 5 | Jinkwa stared down at the creature 's ugly face . |
| 6 | Riven stared up at the Manse with its flapping pennants . |
| 7 | Kebbel stared up at the ceiling . |
| 8 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 9 | Rincewind stared down at the box . |
| 10 | Sharpe stared down at the map . |
| 11 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
| 12 | Helen stared out at the plane . |
| 13 | Li Shai Tung stared back at the boy for a moment , then looked down , chilled by what Ben had said . |
| 14 | ’ Li Shai Tung stared back at the hologram a moment longer , then , sighing , he plucked the scented sticks from the offering bowl , and threw them aside . |
| 15 | Harry stared up at the ceiling and followed with his eye the pattern of the coving . |
| 16 | Lindsey stared out at the water . |
| 17 | Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened . |
| 18 | Heathcliff stared down at the child he was holding . |
| 19 | Lisa stared down at the tablecloth , wishing she could think of some excuse to go . |
| 20 | Alexandra stared up at the piece of mural nearest her , which showed a rocky little headland , some twisted pines , a stretch of white sand lapped by azure waves . |
| 21 | Lizzy stared down at the bandages on her wrists . |
| 22 | Christine stared down at the executive transporter bay from an observation gallery thirty metres above the floor . |
| 23 | Kate stared back at the files in front of her . |
| 24 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 25 | Athelstan stared up at the sky . |
| 26 | Athelstan stared round at the rest , mumbling quietly like people who wanted to maintain appearances though he sensed their tension . |
| 27 | Rourke stared down at the place where the menacing point of the scissors threatened his solar plexus . |
| 28 | Gedanken stared down at the carpet , unable to look him in the eye . |
| 29 | Benjamin stared down at the table top . |
| 30 | Wendell stared down at the glass of brandy which someone had put into his hands . |