Example sentences of "stare [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 3 | Ellie said nothing , deciding to stare down at the polished wood floor instead . |
| 4 | Beyond the glass there was a sporadically placed ring of guards and dogs who seemed uncertain as to whether to stare back at the distorted press of faces at the glass panes , or whether to watch instead the spiral column of smoke and the flames that played at its heels . |
| 5 | I had to think of her seeing the copy of my cock on Monday , I had to think of her first thinking , ‘ Golly , what a nut ’ , and then finding she had to stare uncontrollably at the specific image of my cock , boyoing , had to file that image away in a secret file folder where she filed away all my asterisk memos , and that some night working late , she 'd reach her long arms down to that drawer and bring out the asterisk file and go through the pages , asterisk after asterisk , until she found my cock . |
| 6 | His eyes were wired open so that he must stare unblinkingly at a giant Sagramoso head , and his own body had been reduced to roughly the same contours . |
| 7 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 8 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 9 | With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes . |
| 10 | They had sat opposite each other in a compartment crowded with Able Seamen , he watching the darkening fields flying outside the window and Bunny staring down at a single sheet of notepaper , pale blue in colour , which he held on his jigging knee and from whose fold poked a sprig of crab apple in bloom . |
| 11 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 12 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 13 | " You 're so lucky , you 're so lucky , " I murmured , staring down at the rocky Rockies or the Smokies or the Ropies through cloud-cover made of snow and contour tracing … |
| 14 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |
| 15 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 16 | Cameron floundered , staring down at the checked tablecloth , drinking from his glass , checking hers . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 18 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 19 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 20 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 21 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
| 22 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
| 23 | Yawning ponderously , he put Clytemnestra outside the back door and while he waited for her , stood staring emptily at the cloudless , star-filled sky . |
| 24 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 25 | Meanwhile Ali Christie was sitting in the Pavilion Gallery in Brook Street staring morosely at the gilt-framed picture of his wife on the desk . |
| 26 | She turned to find that the Doctor , Francis and Elaine had followed her , and were staring glumly at the fourfold choice of paths . |
| 27 | In the evenings , for relaxation and forgetfulness , Paul turned to his piano , and improved his playing , staring always at the green silk panels and brass candelabra on the upright front . |
| 28 | He was still in a silk robe , in his office , staring dully at the grey morning beyond the windows . |
| 29 | Sophie 's eyes widened and she sat bolt upright , staring incredulously at the calm figure sitting opposite . |
| 30 | Horowitz stood in the corridor , hands in his trench-coat pocket , staring up at a framed portrait of the founder , Lance Buckmaster . |