Example sentences of "[was/were] stare at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two other officers were staring at me with a curiosity which I had at first thought similar to the curiosity I had found among the soldiers . |
| 2 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 3 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
| 4 | No one moved , they were staring at him in astonishment . |
| 5 | Mandeville was staring at me as if trying to read my thoughts . |
| 6 | On the contrary , she was staring at me with an almost manic intensity . |
| 7 | Granny was staring at me with her eyes wide open . |
| 8 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
| 9 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 10 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 11 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 12 | It was sitting on the great high-backed chair by the fire , and it was staring at him with hate in its small red eyes . |
| 13 | It was staring at him with hate . |
| 14 | It was staring at him with hate . |
| 15 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 16 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 17 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 18 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |
| 19 | Joe followed his mother into the room , and they stood looking at Martin , who had his back to the empty grate now and was staring at them as if he was n't seeing them . |
| 20 | I was staring at her as if she were turning into a witch in front of my eyes . |
| 21 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 22 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 23 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 24 | The old man was staring at her in a most disconcerting way . |
| 25 | They 're coming back on the first Wednesday of next month with a bus load of about forty Women 's Institute members — ’ She broke off as she realised he was staring at her in horror . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're the obvious person to do it , ’ Cara , ignoring that her sister was staring at her in total disbelief , went on . |
| 27 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 28 | Ben had stood up , facing it , and was staring at it in his usual intent manner . |