Example sentences of "stare at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
| 2 | The tweed-coated figure continued to stare at the page of the book to the left of his plate , ignoring his companion . |
| 3 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 4 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 5 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 6 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
| 7 | She would have been quite content simply to stare at the house for hours , and she was still sitting there when Alain opened her door and bent to look in at her . |
| 8 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 9 | And so we stare at the pit in the earth and think we both do and do n't know what sculpture is ’ . |
| 10 | I stare at the back of the driver 's head . |
| 11 | You stare at the gear in the drawer , a glow in your belly spreading through you . |
| 12 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 13 | There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse . |
| 14 | Roy was standing in the doorway , staring at the kitchen as if he was in the wrong house . |
| 15 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 16 | Emily sat in her father 's study , staring at the mass of figures that danced before her eyes . |
| 17 | Her fingers tried uselessly to stem the flow of flaming tresses , and Benedict , mesmerised , stood with the tray stupidly clasped in his hands , staring at the mass of struggling copper , bright and flickering like fire in the glow from outside . |
| 18 | They were both lying on their backs staring at the top of the cavity . |
| 19 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 20 | The Doctor had been staring at the ceiling for a very long time . |
| 21 | In fact , she was staring at the ceiling of the escape pod . |
| 22 | Suddenly he jumped to his feet , staring at the wall opposite the door . |
| 23 | Dame Ermengilde , even though she was in the presence of royalty , sat staring at the wall opposite her . |
| 24 | In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head . |
| 25 | He was back where he 'd started , staring at the wall with nothing to do but wait . |
| 26 | The other hospitaller , Fitzormonde , stood near the window , his hands folded , staring at the floor as if totally unaware of Cranston 's presence . |
| 27 | ‘ When I wrote it , ’ he remembers , staring at the floor like a child admitting to shoplifting , ‘ I was in the middle of a really , really serious obsession that got completely out of hand . |
| 28 | The solution is to enjoy staring at the cat at moments when it is not staring back . |
| 29 | Instead of a glance , which is always acceptable , they keep staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel uncomfortable . |
| 30 | How long she stood there , just as immobile , staring at the bundle of rags , Isabel never knew . |