Example sentences of "stare at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To concentrate on the barons is to stare at the public face . |
| 2 | ‘ Yep , but she 's your girl , ’ said Charlie as he continued to stare at the long-haired blonde who pretended to ignore their attentions . |
| 3 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 4 | She had just read the last paragraph when the kitchen door opened and Matey entered , far earlier than she normally did , to stare at the unlikely scene before her : Dr Neil characteristically leaning back in his wooden Windsor armchair , McAllister sitting on her stool , reading the paper , the used coffee-cups and the empty biscuit plate sitting between them . |
| 5 | He shook his head and continued to stare at the old man , but there was pleading in his voice now . |
| 6 | He stares at the hydraulic dentist 's chair , angled up to an empty sky and an open sea . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 10 | You go stupid on yourself for a moment , as the luck wobbles , threatens to fly away and leave you ; you stare at the place where he was , lying curled up , tied up in front of the door ; you stare at the empty stretch of carpet , dumbly , as if staring will help . |
| 11 | I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs . |
| 12 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She too was staring at the endless duel , but with considerably more excitement than her replica . |
| 15 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 16 | She went slowly into the bedroom and sat by the window , staring at the spectacular scenery outside , and not seeing it . |
| 17 | ‘ She was pregnant , ’ Agnes said , staring at the low coffee-table , not at George . |
| 18 | He rolled over , and she was left staring at the daunting stretch of his broad back . |
| 19 | I stayed on my knees , sitting back on my heels , head bowed , breathing as little as possible , staring at the protruding arrow , thinking the survival programme was too much . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ B is for Bell , ’ ' Paul said quietly , nodding to himself and staring at the rusting device . |
| 22 | George Cowley stood silently staring at the unconscious man . |
| 23 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 24 | ‘ What a slimeball , ’ Sabrina said , staring at the closed door . |
| 25 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 26 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | One autumn night , when Liz was preparing for Oxford and Cambridge entrance , Shirley had come home at ten from the Harpers ' , flushed from sexual excitement and from running through the cold streets under the yellowing smoke-scented suburban trees , her body on fire , and had found Liz still sitting where she had left her , two hours earlier , at the kitchen table , staring at the pale-green wall , as though in a catatonic trance . |
| 29 | She took a step nearer , staring at the drunken heap of rubble . |
| 30 | ‘ His eyes are a very nice color , ’ Isobel said , still staring at the sleeping baby . |