Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old grandma who was holding the girl 's hand looked across at him as he walked to the window to stare down into the street to watch for Eddie . |
| 2 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 3 | He cleared his throat and continued to stare out of the window for a couple of moments longer . |
| 4 | As they accelerated away Joseph turned to stare out of the window and saw the peasant jump up and break into a little celebratory caper in the middle of the road . |
| 5 | Because he knew he could n't speak of what was in his mind , he pretended he had n't heard her and continued to stare out of the window . |
| 6 | I had to stare out of the window . |
| 7 | The Pole turned to stare out of the window , his expression once again as bleak as the sky outside . |
| 8 | He looked away , pretending to stare out of the window as he began to summarise his conclusions . |
| 9 | Corbett rubbed the strap between his fingers and went to stare out of the window , half-listening to the sounds of the night outside . |
| 10 | Merrill turned to stare out of the window . |
| 11 | She turned her head quickly to stare out of the window . |
| 12 | Sighing , she turned to stare out of the window . |
| 13 | ‘ It occurs to me … ’ he drawled , hesitating for a moment as he studied her intently from beneath his heavy eyelids , before turning his head to stare out of the window at the passing traffic . |
| 14 | Charlie 's only reaction was to stare out of the window because he was n't quite sure what else to do . |
| 15 | Charlie was about to correct him when Trentham turned away to stare out of the window , obviously not anticipating a reply . |
| 16 | She fiddled with the strap of her small black leather shoulder-bag , and turned to stare out of the glass doors at the hot afternoon scene beyond . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ said Charlie , and sat shivering as he continued to stare out into the darkness for another forty minutes . |
| 18 | Luke laughed deeply , turning away to stare out over the garden again . |
| 19 | He moved away , walking across the room to stare out through the patio doors , a strange tension in the rigid set of his shoulders . |
| 20 | Carolyn lay on her side , spine curved , head right on the edge of the bed so that she could stare down on the baby in its cot beside her . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse . |
| 23 | Weirdest of all is the studio , in which a Madame Tussaud 's waxwork stares out of the half-light at you from behind the control-room glass . |
| 24 | Sitting in the airless games room in the basement of the St James ' Club , he stares out of the window , dreamily tracing the pattern in the glass , then stops , vaguely embarrassed at what he 's doing , and turns round to face yet another tape recorder . |
| 25 | The lecturer who stares out of the window , for example , is unlikely to convey to students much personal interest in their learning . |
| 26 | By continually signalling attentiveness and responsiveness to the signals of the other — it is infuriating to talk to someone who stares out of the window all the time . |
| 27 | Pleasantly surprised , and encouraged , he stares out of the window , his huge cheeks full of food , rotating like machinery . |
| 28 | he just stares out of the window , yeah , |
| 29 | Today the trees have gone but the lead cast of the Stephen Tomlin sculpture of her head stares out from the garden towards the marshes . |
| 30 | He turned off the light and crossed to the window to stand and stare out across the back of the houses . |