Example sentences of "[coord] stared [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They continued to feed , or stared out on the Zoo not looking in the direction of Minch at all ; while Creggan was so busy staring at Minch in delight and pleasure that he did not notice behind him , in the next-door cage , Slorne stare for the moment at Minch and then swing round and silently resume her vigil at the back top of her cage , looking at the trees and sky . |
| 2 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 3 | With a whimper of disgust and confusion , she sank into her chair and stared absently at the mound of paperwork . |
| 4 | At crucial moments , they froze in mid-stride and stared anxiously at the ground , their radios pressed to their ears . |
| 5 | He lighted his cigar , puffed furiously , sank back in his seat , as far as it would allow him to , and stared fixedly through the windscreen , already lightly furred with snow . |
| 6 | Meredith came to a halt by the florists and stared mistrustfully into the window . |
| 7 | Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water . |
| 8 | Walking back into her room , she sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall . |
| 9 | He screwed up his eyes and stared unseeingly at the calendar on the further wall . |
| 10 | A big constable elbowed his way past a sheepish-looking Dai and stared suspiciously round the room . |
| 11 | Questions poured towards the chair , and Mrs Murphy banged her gavel so hard on the coffee table that it left a mark , which distressed her so much that she forgot for a moment why she was hammering and stared sadly at the dent in the wood . |
| 12 | Tess went inside the ancient church and stared sadly at the tombs of her ancestors . |
| 13 | Benjamin chewed on his lip and stared up into the darkness . |
| 14 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 15 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 16 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 17 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 18 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 19 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 20 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 21 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 22 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 23 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 24 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 25 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
| 26 | Damien , sickened , and a little frightened , turned his back on the crowd , and stared sulkily across the street . |
| 27 | She stood with her hands clasped tightly together and stared frantically at the curtain rail , her face racked with pain . |
| 28 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 29 | She merely snorted , as I knew she would , and stared moodily at the blank of the comm . |
| 30 | Lord John Rossendale , elegantly handsome in white breeches and silk stockings , black dancing shoes , and a gold-frogged cutaway coat with a tall blue collar and twin epaulettes of gold chain , stood at the bedroom 's window and stared moodily at the Brussels rooftops . |