Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 9 | " 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 … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 12 | Cameron floundered , staring down at the checked tablecloth , drinking from his glass , checking hers . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
| 18 | 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 . " |
| 19 | Bacci and the Marshal were staring in at the uncurtained window below the steps that led to the front door . |
| 20 | Horowitz stood in the corridor , hands in his trench-coat pocket , staring up at a framed portrait of the founder , Lance Buckmaster . |
| 21 | ‘ What on earth are we doing here ? ’ she muttered , staring up at the familiar sight of an old converted warehouse overlooking the Thames . |
| 22 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
| 23 | Sir Richard stood still , staring up at the blue sky , turning his face to feel the sun . |
| 24 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 25 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |
| 26 | When finally they rolled apart and lay , hands entwined , staring up at the cloudless blue sky , Cora-Beth 's voice was soft with contentment as she whispered , ‘ You do love me , I know it now ! |
| 27 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 28 | Merrill asked , staring up at the mellowed golden stone of the Elizabethan house , floodlit among its setting of ancient trees . |
| 29 | It was very hot and she lay under the single sheet staring up at the high moonlit ceiling and thinking about T. Buckland Kettering . |
| 30 | He stopped , staring up at the old man , his face filled with an intent curiosity . |