Example sentences of "[noun prp] stared [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rex stared into the face of his mirror image . |
| 2 | Loretta stared at the woman for a moment , thoughts racing through her head . |
| 3 | Tapping a ruler across the palm of her hand , Sister Rosario stared at the child for a few seconds . |
| 4 | Jonathon stared from the window at a landscape which was not the one Melanie saw . |
| 5 | Alan stared at the noticeboard on the opposite wall , pretending to read something but seeing nothing but a blur of the leaflets , notes , scraps of ribbon and withered buttonholes which Lucy had pegged up there . |
| 6 | Emmie stared into the darkness with hot eyes . |
| 7 | Blanche stared at the back of the driver 's head to win time to think . |
| 8 | Philip stared at the picture on the wall opposite . |
| 9 | Outside again , Anna stared over the sweep of lawns . |
| 10 | Lucasta stared at the pile of library books on the table . |
| 11 | Raynor stared into the fire for a long while . |
| 12 | Zack stared at the assembly of household items lying in the box in his free hand . |
| 13 | Lisa stared at the message for a long , long time , trying to stifle the sudden swift beat of her heart . |
| 14 | Cleo stared at the scattering of coins . |
| 15 | Caroline stared at the telephone in her hand . |
| 16 | Athelstan stared at the hubbub around them , the people oblivious to his dark thoughts of murder , fighting their way through the stalls , gossiping , talking , buying and selling , engaged in everyday matters . |
| 17 | Athelstan stared towards the door as a group of pedlars , battered trays slung round their necks , bustled in , raucously shouting for ale . |
| 18 | Busacher stared across the room to where Madge was standing talking to the two committee men and the Easter egg . |
| 19 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 20 | Masklin stared at the throng below the Ship . |
| 21 | Benjamin stared across the table to where Sir Robert sat , captivated by his wife . |
| 22 | Mr Kronweiser stared at the ceiling in creative agony for a space , and then , neatly scoring through the word ‘ validity ’ , he substituted ‘ authenticity ’ . |
| 23 | Her sapphire-blue eyes wide with shock , her whole body shaking with tension as if in the grip of a raging fever , Laura stared across the room at her husband . |