Example sentences of "[noun pl] stare at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
2 | For a moment the two gentlemen stared at him in perplexity , as he shook his head , bubbling over at some private joke , until he caught the puzzlement on both faces . |
3 | But it was not his opinions so much as their force of expression that caused his hearers to stare at him in awe on these occasions . |
4 | As you come back from Brouage towards St Jean-d'Angely — on the D18 via the canalside village of Pont-l'Abbe-d'Arnoult , with a lovely Romanesque church faade — a sign at the junction of the D122 points you to the chateau whose improbably perfect lake and gardens stare at you from posters throughout the region : La Roche Courbon . |
5 | Two passing merchants stared at them in surprised disapproval . |
6 | Both men stared at her in shocked silence . |
7 | His ancestors stared at him from their portraits on the wall . |
8 | He caught a glimpse of two red faces staring at him from the depths of the kitchen behind the head of this strange boy turned girl who was forever crossing his path . |
9 | He had seen a row of black faces staring at him from the platform of one of the Red Sand Towers in the Nore approaches . |
10 | Adults stared at them in not altogether dumb , but spluttering amazement . |
11 | The others stared at her for a moment . |
12 | Mayli stared at him for just a second , then realised that the waiter would have given the alarm by now . |