Example sentences of "stare down at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 2 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 3 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 4 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 5 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 6 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 7 | Stephen stopped , staring down at the sand . |
| 8 | After Rose and the boy had gone to bed he sat on his own by the raked fire , sitting motionless , staring down at the floor . |
| 9 | She just sat there , mostly in silence , staring down at the floor , with her hands clasped tightly between her knees . |
| 10 | The Lady Prioress sat with arms crossed , staring down at the floor . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm a garden designer , ’ she announced quietly , staring down at the hob , ‘ that 's what Luke meant . ’ |
| 12 | I ordered Joe up into the tree-house and he sat , staring down at the lens . |
| 13 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 14 | ‘ I tell you what I really do n't like , ’ he says , staring down at the club floor below , ‘ I do n't like if I do n't know who are friends and who are enemies . |
| 15 | Buckingham sat , hands together , staring down at the table top , his face registering surprise and shock at Sir John 's words . |
| 16 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 17 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 18 | Ranulf sat staring down at the ground . |
| 19 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |
| 20 | One of the Hunters looked over the android 's body ; its demonic face staring down at the android 's features . |
| 21 | Jack said irritably , staring down at the manual . |
| 22 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 23 | Heathcliff stared down at the child he was holding . |
| 24 | She stared down at the crucifix , wondering desperately how much they knew , whether they had any knowledge of her liaison with Tristram or whether these questions were merely based upon suspicion . |
| 25 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 26 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |
| 27 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 28 | Then he stared down at the floor , gathering together the threads of the day . |
| 29 | He stopped and stared down at the floor . |
| 30 | She stared down at the floor and the remains of what had been a human being . |