Example sentences of "stare [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 2 | She swung round to stare wordlessly at the driver of the utility truck , who now leaned nonchalantly in the doorway . |
| 3 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 4 | As she finished her breathing was ragged , her eyes darting from the newsprint to stare unseeingly at the people pushing past her into the Metro and back to the newsprint again . |
| 5 | It was as though a voice had actually said the words aloud , and she moved sharply and leaned against the window to stare blankly at the room . |
| 6 | You worked for him , ’ she prompted when Mrs McMahon only continued to stare worriedly at the package . |
| 7 | Watching him stare gloomily at the table , Lucy said impulsively , ‘ Perhaps I could help . |
| 8 | I stare glumly at the coinbox . |
| 9 | If the prey looks up and stares straight at the lion or tiger , the big cat looks sheepishly away as if suddenly indifferent to the whole business of predation . |
| 10 | Float on my back a bit and stare up at the stars . ’ |
| 11 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 12 | Through sea-sized eyes that are crusted with rheum and asteroid dust He stares fixedly at the Destination . |
| 13 | Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse . |
| 14 | Hale 's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer , a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture . |
| 15 | Nobody listens but instead they stare out at the countryside , the classic English landscape . |
| 16 | When listening to someone talking , a Dowayo stares gravely at the floor , rocks backwards and forwards and murmurs ‘ Yes ’ , ‘ It is so ’ , ‘ Good ’ every five seconds or so . |
| 17 | I stare again at the saddlebag , feeling sick . |
| 18 | " Just look at them limbs ! " breathed Con , staring rapturously at the dog 's muscular thighs . |
| 19 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 20 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 21 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 22 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 23 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 24 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 25 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 26 | ‘ Humph … ’ the policeman grunted , staring down at the notes before him . |
| 27 | Stephen stopped , staring down at the sand . |
| 28 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 29 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 30 | After Rose and the boy had gone to bed he sat on his own by the raked fire , sitting motionless , staring down at the floor . |