Example sentences of "stare [prep] the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 2 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 3 | She just stares at the floor and rocks . |
| 4 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 5 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 6 | I 'll stare at the floor ! ’ |
| 7 | He was staring at the floor , keeping very still as if he was trying to be part of the wall . |
| 8 | ‘ When I wrote it , ’ he remembers , staring at the floor like a child admitting to shoplifting , ‘ I was in the middle of a really , really serious obsession that got completely out of hand . |
| 9 | ‘ Evelyn Lennox had a sister , a Sandra Riverton , who also worked for us , ’ he began slowly , staring at the floor . |
| 10 | McDunn is staring at the floor and turning the gold B&H packet over and over on the table . |
| 11 | Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor . |
| 12 | Like some naughty child who 's been caught playing a prank she just kept her head low , staring at the floor . |
| 13 | Dora was sitting in the shadows with Iris at her side , staring at the floor . |
| 14 | Ralph was sitting , staring at the floor , picking at the seam of his jeans . |
| 15 | Patterson is still there , still tied to his chair , staring at the floor . |
| 16 | Her shoulders drooped and she turned her face away , staring at the floor , hardly able to listen when fitzAlan continued speaking . |
| 17 | He was silent for a moment , staring at the floor , then he looked up at Rachel again . |
| 18 | The other hospitaller , Fitzormonde , stood near the window , his hands folded , staring at the floor as if totally unaware of Cranston 's presence . |
| 19 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 20 | She stared at the floor , turning pink and feeling so confused that she almost missed what Mr Hollins was saying . |
| 21 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 22 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 23 | She stared at the floor , at the sudden crack of light beneath the bedroom door . |
| 24 | While she stared at the floor Rosen continued , ‘ I do hope we have time to talk alone before you go . ’ |
| 25 | Kim bit his lip and stared at the floor as his father rose to look meaningfully in their direction ; Tam and Lan also shifted uncomfortably under his gaze , which remained on them unwaveringly throughout their mother 's act of devotion . |
| 26 | And then the monster looked very hurt and sad and stared at the floor . |
| 27 | In between such anguished pleas , there were long and embarrassing silences while he simply stared at the floor . |
| 28 | They stared at the floor for a few seconds then said ‘ You 'll have to come back because we did n't have the right tools . ’ ’ |