Example sentences of "[coord] stared [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 32 | John Harbour , as if looking into a mirror , leaned chummily against Babs Osborne and stared adoringly at the camera . |
| 33 | She paused in applying her make-up and stared reflectively at the mirror . |
| 34 | Now he sat and stared out at the Brandenburg Gate , lit by the bloody glow of a German sunset and saw it through a mist of tears . |
| 35 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
| 36 | He wandered towards the doors that opened on to the wet street , and stared out at the people hurrying along the pavements , feet splashing in puddles , sodden raincoats , barging umbrellas , gleaming cycle capes . |
| 37 | Leaning forward , he placed both hands on his walking-cane and held the pose for a few seconds , then he raised one white-gloved hand to the monocle at his hight eye and stared out at the audience . |
| 38 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 39 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 40 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
| 41 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 42 | He put down his pen and stared out at the Britches , which shifted gently and continuously in the light wind . |
| 43 | After a minute or so , when she felt stronger , she opened out the paper and stared down at the message printed there . |
| 44 | He stopped and stared down at the floor . |
| 45 | Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines . |
| 46 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |
| 47 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 48 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 49 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 50 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
| 51 | Athelstan stopped and stared hard at the coroner . |
| 52 | She filled in the columns next to Veronica 's name , and stared thoughtfully at the piece of paper . |
| 53 | His glass eye — he had lost the original when he was cleaning a gun — seemed to swivel further out of true than usual and stared pleasantly at the fire ; the real one looked like a razor . |