Example sentences of "[adv] stare [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 2 | Andy merely stared in the direction of the anonymous photographer but his eyes were murderous . |
| 3 | And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing . |
| 4 | The Marshal only stared at the warrant , his great eyes bulging more than ever . |
| 5 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 6 | She just stares at the floor and rocks . |
| 7 | ‘ I ought to know , ’ said Gabriel , doggedly staring at the writing . |
| 8 | An hour later she was once again despondently staring through the window , completely at a loss for anything to do . |
| 9 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 10 | Then you usually lie there just staring at the ceiling , thinking about everything that could go wrong . |
| 11 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been sitting there the whole morning in nothing but that flimsy shift , just staring through the window at all that water . |
| 13 | I just stared at the wall . |
| 14 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 15 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 16 | Bodie just stared at the man , his smooth features touched with sour disdain . |
| 17 | He just stared at the water . |
| 18 | He just stared at the Duchess . |
| 19 | When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet . |
| 20 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 21 | He just stared at the tablecloth . |
| 22 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 23 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 24 | She sat , still staring at the newspaper and slowly a look of understanding came across her face as if the final piece of the jigsaw had just been put into place . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's up there , ’ he said , still staring at the ceiling . |
| 26 | Gran was still staring at the ceiling . |
| 27 | I 'm still staring at the branch ; it 's like my brain 's screaming at me inside my own head and I do n't know what else it is that 's listening , except it is n't listening ; my brain 's screaming Run ! |
| 28 | ’ Let's hear it ’ , I said , still staring at the liner , a little dazed . |
| 29 | Still staring at the wall he asked , ‘ Did you find her ? ’ |
| 30 | I heard the iron door go ( I was still staring at the wall ) but no bolts . |