Example sentences of "stare at [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the others could only stare at him in speechless amazement . |
| 2 | It was more years than she cared to remember since she had last seen a man stare at her in frank admiration . |
| 3 | Who stare at us with incredulous scorn . |
| 4 | I stood staring at them in utter bewilderment . |
| 5 | Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes . |
| 6 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 7 | Defensively she pushed his hand away , staring at him with dark-pupilled eyes , the clear grey irises ringed with silver . |
| 8 | Then she was silent , staring at him with horrified eyes . |
| 9 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 10 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 11 | Fran broke off , staring at him with frightened eyes . |
| 12 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 13 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 14 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
| 15 | Staring at him in mild shock , she quickly lowered her lashes . |
| 16 | She stopped abruptly by the passenger door , staring at him in wide-eyed silence . |
| 17 | Laura jerked her head back , staring at him in blank astonishment . |
| 18 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |
| 19 | Staring at him in bewildered astonishment , she searched his face . |
| 20 | They were all staring at him in speculative silence when the sound of a car 's engine circled the house , coming to rest in the arc of gravel before the door . |
| 21 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 22 | He paused staring at her with half-closed eyes so that Emily could not read his expression . |
| 23 | He replaced the lid of the dish and came to stand beside her , staring at her with malicious eyes . |
| 24 | Damian said in a voice thick with desire , dragging air into his lungs momentarily , staring at her with glittering eyes before his mouth claimed hers again , deeper , more demanding , and Rachel 's fingers were stroking his throat , her mouth moving blindly against his , and she felt his hands on her hips , hard and shaking , pressing her against him until she felt the evidence of his own fierce excitement hard against her . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're the obvious person to do it , ’ Cara , ignoring that her sister was staring at her in total disbelief , went on . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't worry , misses , ’ the driver said staring at her in open curiosity , ‘ I 'll take you to a very respectable lodging house run by a real lady . |
| 27 | Through the open door I could see Harry hanging on to the horse 's head and staring at me with frightened eyes . |
| 28 | She was obviously under the influence of drugs , booze or both and as we approached , typically averting our eyes from the embarrassing spectacle , a girl of about 11 wiped a candle of yellow mucus from the woman 's nose and resignedly helped her to her feet , staring at us with old , resentful eyes as we passed , reminding me of myself and the Saturday afternoon rescue missions . |
| 29 | It was five or six minutes later that Piladu appeared on the mountainside , stared at them for sometime and then tramped slowly towards them tightly wrapped in his hooded cloak . |
| 30 | The mottled old man two beds away stared at them with poached eyes . |