Example sentences of "stare out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned the tray to the orderly and went to stare out through the transparent sheeting . |
| 2 | The wise dragon so captivates his maiden that she never even has a second for longing , that she turns not from him to stare out across the wide meadows and lakes of adolescence . |
| 3 | Are you just going to sit there and stare out of the bloody window ? ’ |
| 4 | Bush Vark 's First Day Out by Charles Fuge ( MacMillan , £6.95 ) Winner of The Mother Goose Award and the MacMillan Prize 1988 Three pairs of creaturely eyes stare out from the deep black inside covers of Bush Vark 's First Day Out , whetting young appetites for nocturnal mystery and the pleasurable horrors encountered by Charles Fuge 's cheery little vark , with his slippery passivity and plain good fortune . |
| 5 | A score of Necromundans from various hives were staring out through the traceried ports ; and by now Lexandro could talk to any of them , whatever their original hive and their hab-level lingo . |
| 6 | She had found him sitting there , hunched up on his bed , his arms wrapped about his knees , staring out through the open window at the bay . |
| 7 | We stood on the top step , an icy wind driving any sleep from our eyes and faces , staring out over the snow-carpeted grounds . |
| 8 | He was sitting quite still in the golden glow of the sunset , staring out over the Grand Canal , Cas and Poll in his lap . |
| 9 | Staring out over the moon-washed garden , she refused to answer . |
| 10 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 11 | He thrust his hands into his pockets and moved to the window , staring out into the sun-dappled drive flanked by swaying trees . |
| 12 | I stood by the window staring out into the foggy darkness , taking deep breaths to try and stifle some hollow feeling of new disease . |
| 13 | Gilbert and Frye were standing up against the glass panes of the reception area , staring out into the storm-ravaged night . |
| 14 | He was standing at the open window in his pyjamas , the shotgun in his hand , staring out at the front field where the black splash of a jackdaw lay on the white ground beneath the ash tree . |
| 15 | Languidly she turned her head to the west-facing windows , staring out at the neighbouring mountain high above the hill upon which Saracen was built . |
| 16 | In the first car Sarah sat dry-eyed , staring out at the passing roads . |
| 17 | She had not drawn her curtains , and she turned on her side , staring out at the velvety darkness , listening to the little noises that came wafting through the open window . |
| 18 | Staring out at the low grey sky , the drizzle that had n't stopped once on the journey up from Wexford , she jammed on her hat . |
| 19 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 20 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
| 21 | Staring out at the dim white lawn , through the close-up falling lines of black and white , Alan said quietly , ‘ You love him more than me , do n't you ? ’ ’ |
| 22 | He turned , staring out of the long window again , effectively dismissing the man . |
| 23 | A few tourists were aboard ; a couple with walking gear and their spaniel dog with one blind eye staring out of the low window , and a Canadian , rather loud , who had struck up conversation with a young Lewis woman who was coming back from visiting her husband working in Libya . |
| 24 | So here I am , a week later , aloft in the canopy of my monkey-puzzle tree , staring out across the darkening street , waiting for my love to come home . |
| 25 | Immediately in front of him , Bigwig and Dandelion were staring out from the sheer edge of a high bank , and below the bank ran a stream . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a grand sight on a fine day , ’ he observed quietly as they stared out over the grey water . |
| 27 | She stared out through the thick , salt-streaked glass as roads and fields and houses moved slowly by . |
| 28 | Ebert stared out through the frosted glass , noting the bleakness of their surroundings . |
| 29 | There was no sound from below and , carefully , Craig opened a door and stared out into the shabby passageway . |
| 30 | She rose and moved to the window and stared out into the silent square . |