Example sentences of "[noun pl] and stare [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shielded her eyes and stared up at him , and felt that peculiar shiver of awareness again . |
| 2 | He opened his eyes and stared down into Michael 's face . |
| 3 | He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building . |
| 4 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 5 | The next morning Carolyn stayed in her room and read , dipping in and out of Clare 's books and staring out of the window , feeling surprisingly content . |
| 6 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 7 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 8 | One of them ignored everyone including Mrs Black and just filed her nails and stared out of the window . |
| 9 | My daughter , he told himself as he brushed his teeth and stared down at number 47 's red Mitsubishi , is like me , fat and untalented . |
| 10 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 11 | Bailey pauses and stares off into space . |
| 12 | Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines . |
| 13 | Carrie folded her arms and stared up at him as he thumbed through the ledger and took out a grease-stained sheet of paper . |
| 14 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 15 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 16 | She grabbed her mug of tea , gripping it in both hands and staring down into it with an expression of such misery that one could almost imagine the dead girl 's face reflected in the surface of the liquid . |
| 17 | He sat down on one of the chairs and stared up at her with an accusing , plaintive face . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 19 | We then removed the funeral cloths , lifted the gauze veils and stared down at the royal corpse . |