Example sentences of "stare at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 2 | Perhaps now , now she had finally written it down , could stare at the irretrievable words , written in black and white , she would be able to accept the way things had to be , she would have the strength to return . |
| 3 | I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs . |
| 4 | The place was half empty owing to the weather , and Paul sat alone , staring at the engraved letters on the glass between him and the street . |
| 5 | I make no claim to supernatural powers , nor do I believe in guardian angels et cetera , but suddenly a vision of what is about to occur flashes vivid and uninvited , inside my forehead : the screams , the blood-covered sheets , Pa scurrying round the lawn snatching up the pink and white scraps , calling to his God then staring at the bloody morsels of his daughter as though they 're a jigsaw with missing bits . |
| 6 | When Jazz was in bed , lying staring at the strange patterns the lime-tree leaves , illuminated by the lamp-post , made on his bedroom ceiling , his father came up to him , moving softly round the door . |
| 7 | Myles sat upright , hands on knees , staring at the leaping flames . |
| 8 | He rubbed his eyes as he stood there , staring at the two strangers . |
| 9 | After staring at the two chaps with ‘ you 'll do for a light snack ’ eyes , the lion started to wander towards them . |
| 10 | She wore a great deal of make-up at all times , but that day , perhaps just as primitive man might have painted his face as a protection , she was garnished with particularly bright eye colours and lipstick , so that it was a little garish mask staring at the two policemen . |
| 11 | By now the card games were forgotten , everyone staring at the two men . |
| 12 | He was staring at the two men at the nearby table . |
| 13 | He stopped in the centre of the room , staring at the two men . |
| 14 | You walk and walk , staring at the chic emporia . |
| 15 | Time in the waiting room , staring at the wounded apples and their open flesh . |
| 16 | He moved slowly round the perimeter staring at the seven disciples who had so far survived the ungodly war . |
| 17 | I sat on the pew sucking my sore thumb , staring at the glowing valves , waiting for my father and the hard questions I knew — whatever he said — were coming . |
| 18 | She hailed it , gave the Chinese driver her address in a monotone , and sank back in the air-conditioned interior , staring at the white skyscrapers below . |
| 19 | As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane . |
| 20 | The cavalryman , who was called Lord John Rossendale , was staring at the sumptuous decorations in the supper room where the long tables were draped in white linen and thickly set with silver and fine china . |
| 21 | Primaflora took the kerchief and drew it over her cheeks and then held it taut , staring at the damp blotches . |
| 22 | " Nothing , " he said miserably , staring at the charred remains of the cheque , burning away in the Cinzano ashtray . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ she moaned , staring at the burnt offerings before her . |
| 24 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |
| 25 | Withel stared at the boiling flames , unnerved . |
| 26 | Breathing deeply , fighting sudden fresh tears , she stared at the whitewashed walls of the tiny , tidy yard . |
| 27 | Anabelle stared at the hysterical creatures . |
| 28 | Athelstan stared at the lime-washed walls . |
| 29 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 30 | Masklin stared at the flickering lights . |