Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at [art] ceiling " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you usually lie there just staring at the ceiling , thinking about everything that could go wrong . |
| 2 | She was still looking at the ceiling : ‘ Things like that just do n't exist , ’ she said to herself . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's up there , ’ he said , still staring at the ceiling . |
| 4 | Gran was still staring at the ceiling . |
| 5 | As she and Adam left , Buzz turned back to see Elinor silently looking at the ceiling . |
| 6 | While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex . |