Example sentences of "stare at [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I said , please do n't stare at me like that .
2 But the others could only stare at him in speechless amazement .
3 ‘ Do n't stare at her like that , ’ Zurachina whispered .
4 It was more years than she cared to remember since she had last seen a man stare at her in frank admiration .
5 ROS and GUIL , holding the belts taut , stare at him in some bewilderment .
6 Who stare at us with incredulous scorn .
7 ‘ I see , ’ he said with a quick look at the clerk , who was now staring at them with both eyes well open .
8 I stood staring at them in utter bewilderment .
9 Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes .
10 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 ?
11 Defensively she pushed his hand away , staring at him with dark-pupilled eyes , the clear grey irises ringed with silver .
12 When she realised he had no intention of following her , she paused and jerked round her head , staring at him with those glittering blue eyes .
13 Then she was silent , staring at him with horrified eyes .
14 He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing .
15 Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility .
16 Fran broke off , staring at him with frightened eyes .
17 The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed .
18 They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption .
19 Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement .
20 Staring at him in mild shock , she quickly lowered her lashes .
21 She stopped abruptly by the passenger door , staring at him in wide-eyed silence .
22 Laura jerked her head back , staring at him in blank astonishment .
23 Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief .
24 Staring at him in bewildered astonishment , she searched his face .
25 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 .
26 He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue .
27 Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face .
28 ‘ I 've run away , ’ he said , staring at her with such intensity that she felt a rush of alarm .
29 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 .
30 He paused staring at her with half-closed eyes so that Emily could not read his expression .
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