Example sentences of "[coord] stared [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | With a whimper of disgust and confusion , she sank into her chair and stared absently at the mound of paperwork . |
| 3 | At crucial moments , they froze in mid-stride and stared anxiously at the ground , their radios pressed to their ears . |
| 4 | Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water . |
| 5 | Walking back into her room , she sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall . |
| 6 | He screwed up his eyes and stared unseeingly at the calendar on the further wall . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Tess went inside the ancient church and stared sadly at the tombs of her ancestors . |
| 9 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 10 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 11 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 12 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 15 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 16 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 17 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 18 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | She stood with her hands clasped tightly together and stared frantically at the curtain rail , her face racked with pain . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She merely snorted , as I knew she would , and stared moodily at the blank of the comm . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He rolled onto his stomach and stared moodily at the grass . |
| 25 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 26 | George leaned back and stared consideringly at the questioner . |
| 27 | She laid down her letters and stared blankly at the wall . |
| 28 | Kelly switched on the television and stared blankly at the screen as some mindless cops and robbers show unfolded . |
| 29 | He rang off and stared gloomily at the phone . |
| 30 | Bull O'Malley suppressed a sigh , and stared gloomily at the fire . |