Example sentences of "[coord] stare at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television . |
| 2 | And sees their skin like a strange moon , and stares at the grass |
| 3 | Sometimes , as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window , I think how dismal it is , how hard , how heavy , to watch the rain and not know why it falls . |
| 4 | We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair . |
| 5 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 6 | The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky . |
| 8 | Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor . |
| 9 | In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head . |
| 10 | Then we stagger to our feet and pick our clothes off the floor , and sit and drool into our glass , puffing on a pensive perfecto , and staring at the tabloid and all its gruesome crap . |
| 11 | She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling . |
| 12 | For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling . |
| 13 | He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil . |
| 14 | There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse . |
| 15 | Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre . |
| 16 | He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 . |
| 17 | I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee . |
| 18 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |
| 19 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 20 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 21 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 22 | He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead , trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower . |
| 23 | She picked up a book and stared at the firelight , hoping that Finn might get bitten by something slightly venomous . |
| 24 | They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river . |
| 25 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 26 | She went around the lobby formed by the bathroom and stared at the dusk flat . |
| 27 | ‘ Fell in the river ? ’ repeated Gus like an indignant echo , and stared at the smear of blood staining his muddy fingers . |
| 28 | Quinn replaced the phone , walked to the long couch , lay on his back with his hands clasped behind his head and stared at the ceiling . |
| 29 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 30 | He lay on his back , as on so many previous nights , and stared at the ceiling and thought . |