Example sentences of "to stare [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexei 's eyes seemed to stare for a moment into the middle distance . |
| 2 | She shrugged , glancing away from the searching gaze to stare through the windscreen . |
| 3 | He is cursed to stare into a mirror , preening himself , and then the reflection in the mirror suddenly changes , as does the appearance of the young man to match his reflection . |
| 4 | He often stopped reading or writing to stare into the distance , dreaming perhaps of some ambitious plan . |
| 5 | Who 's there ? ’ he cried sharply , and reared his head instantly to stare into the trefoil opening . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not like discos and noisy youth , ’ he said abruptly , continuing to stare into the fire . |
| 7 | It took a rapid step to the side , deeper into shadows , then turned its skull features to stare up the path . |
| 8 | They both turned to stare in the direction of the captain . |
| 9 | ‘ If you would but use her , ’ said David , and turned his back and went to stare from the window at the frosty strand and the shifting , misty sea . |
| 10 | Letting all her breath out on an achingly shaky sigh , and telling herself firmly to pull herself together , that seeing a bride always made her feel weepy and was nothing whatever to do with Feargal , she walked along the landing to stare from the end window . |
| 11 | Fiver said nothing and continued to stare over the field . |
| 12 | They paused to stare at a cistern hanging on the wall next to a wash basin , the rest of the house having disappeared . |
| 13 | But something did delay her ; she stopped and stood to stare at a marvel of nature , so strange as to suspend belief . |
| 14 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 15 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 16 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 17 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 18 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
| 19 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 20 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 21 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 22 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
| 23 | He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’ |
| 24 | The tweed-coated figure continued to stare at the page of the book to the left of his plate , ignoring his companion . |
| 25 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 26 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 27 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |
| 28 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 29 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 30 | Two technicians , the only other occupants , turned to stare at the intruder . |