Example sentences of "to stare at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They paused to stare at a cistern hanging on the wall next to a wash basin , the rest of the house having disappeared . |
| 2 | But something did delay her ; she stopped and stood to stare at a marvel of nature , so strange as to suspend belief . |
| 3 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |