Example sentences of "[coord] stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This morning the 780 employees of Digital in Galway will wake up with a hangover after a night 's mourning and stare into an uncertain future , wishing that some divine intervention could be called upon to extract them from their present straits . |
| 2 | He was not often given words to speak , and had only to sit in the shade of his massive wings and stare into the middle distance and drift in his imagination to the four corners of the sky . |
| 3 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 4 | She had no fire in her bedroom , where she had been sitting waiting for his call , and staring at the dying mistletoe . |
| 5 | ‘ B is for Bell , ’ ' Paul said quietly , nodding to himself and staring at the rusting device . |
| 6 | He collapsed back on the bed , eyes wide and staring at the white ceiling . |
| 7 | There was no reply , Mait simply standing and staring into the mirrored lens . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Benjamin walked into the line of trees and stared through the snow-dripping darkness . |
| 10 | He screwed up his eyes and stared into the middle distance . |
| 11 | The musicians lowered their instruments and stared into the concealing field where the rye seemed to move as though an invisible giant 's footsteps crushed it down . |
| 12 | Little Billy flicked his head round and stared into the everlasting gloom and doom of the forest . |
| 13 | He sat cross-legged on the ground and stared into the black grid on the front of the radio . |
| 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 . |
| 16 | He lifted him up absently , sat in the armchair and stared into the open range . |
| 17 | Athelstan took him aside and stared into the bleary-eyed face . |
| 18 | Everyone , parents and boys , craned their necks back and stared into the cerulean blue above the Village . |
| 19 | In his room he unpacked the little portable typewriter that had once been Jenny 's and stared at a blank paper until his embarrassment had faded . |
| 20 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 21 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
| 22 | Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small , glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom . |
| 23 | Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers . |
| 24 | She picked up the binoculars and stared at the front door of the plane . |
| 25 | The men stood and stared at the abandoned Glory for what seemed like hours . |
| 26 | He sat down on the plinth supporting the pumps and stared at the dark glass of the office for a while . |
| 27 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
| 30 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |