Example sentences of "was stare [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie 's only reaction was to stare out of the window because he was n't quite sure what else to do . |
| 2 | The girl was staring up at the two of us , wondering what was going on . |
| 3 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 4 | She glanced at him , noticing that he was staring back through the partly open door of the study . |
| 5 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 6 | A glamorous , dressing-gowned housewife was staring in through the open side window , her face framed by my shoes . |
| 7 | He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park . |
| 8 | She was staring out of the window . |
| 9 | Bragg shifted uncomfortably in his chair , glancing towards Morton who was staring out of the window . |
| 10 | He was staring out of the carriage window , seeing nothing of the countryside because the image of Sarah with Corrie Palmer in her arms was superimposed on everything he looked at , and it was then he remembered something important . |
| 11 | Hendrique , having rejoined the train at the previous station , Vetroz , was staring out of the window behind Graham . |
| 12 | He was staring out of the drawing-room window when he became conscious of people talking in the hall . |
| 13 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 14 | She was staring out of the window across the open space of the ‘ tZand when he came in . |
| 15 | Beryl was clearing the table ; Francis , with his hands in his pockets , was staring out of the window . |
| 16 | Arms on the table , she was staring out of the window with unseeing eyes then , abruptly , she turned to face him . |
| 17 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 18 | He was staring out into the darkness as if the sound was perfectly normal . |