Example sentences of "be stare [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ . |
| 2 | The Doctor had been staring at the ceiling for a very long time . |
| 3 | ‘ Zack old buddy , I am staring at a fruit-bowl , a big bowl , and you know what ? |
| 4 | The golden irises of his eyes seemed to have expanded , and with his head held too high he appeared to be staring at the ceiling . |
| 5 | After a long walk we came out between the dunes and were staring at the sea . |
| 6 | Two men were staring at the road . |
| 7 | He 's staring at the carpet , and you can see his muscles melting . |
| 8 | He 's staring at the table . |
| 9 | McDunn is staring at the floor and turning the gold B&H packet over and over on the table . |
| 10 | She noticed that he was staring across the graveyard . |
| 11 | The combat suit evaporated the perspiration that she felt springing out of her pores , but her face was blazing , as if she was staring into a furnace . |
| 12 | He was staring into the space before him . |
| 13 | He was staring into the drawer where he kept the doings . |
| 14 | He was staring into the night . |
| 15 | He was staring into the fire rather grimly and she had to take her courage firmly in hand . |
| 16 | Montgomery was staring through the windscreen with his chilly blue eyes , presumably working out his plan of action once they arrived . |
| 17 | Madame Gloriana had gone very pale and was staring with a look of puzzlement . |
| 18 | Suddenly I awoke to the fact that I was staring at a tree on the other side of the road and that this tree was green and delicate . |
| 19 | She was staring at a party of five men , heavily armed , who had appeared from behind a rock pile and now stood , several metres away , pointing machine guns at us . |
| 20 | I was staring at a woman I thought of you . |
| 21 | In the deep of the space station , Lacuna was staring at a screen . |
| 22 | He was staring at a photograph of the whole dead group . |
| 23 | She was staring at the platform again . |
| 24 | She was staring at the holiday roster as if it contained the meaning of life . |
| 25 | He was staring at the twin beds . |
| 26 | He was staring at the overcoat thrown over the rail . |
| 27 | Virginia gave a cry , but Andrew was staring at the child hypnotised . |
| 28 | Emily had turned onto her back to save her strength and was staring at the sun . |
| 29 | The reporter 's eyes narrowed , the flesh puckered up as if he was staring at the sun . |
| 30 | She , too , was staring at the debris . |