Example sentences of "stared [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 2 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 3 | She rose and stared through the window to the hills outside , to the sea running gently into the embracing arms of the bay . |
| 4 | His heart thumped as he stood on the Yugoslav border and stared through the night at the nearby fields in Hungary . |
| 5 | The silent watcher stared through the darkness at the place where Corbett had settled down to sleep . |
| 6 | I felt the heat hit my face as I stared through the opening with narrowed eyes . |
| 7 | She stared through the mask at Wyn-rajathuk , old , broken man , fascinatedly watching the process of creation . |
| 8 | Yet when I coaxed Mala out of her cabin to have a look , she stared through the view-panel with her normal rosebud mouth compresses into a thin line . |
| 9 | Athelstan stared towards the door as a group of pedlars , battered trays slung round their necks , bustled in , raucously shouting for ale . |
| 10 | In each place a crowd of men in blue overalls , each with a Gauloise stuck in the corner of his mouth , stared into the mirror behind the bar at the reflection of any women who braved their domain . |
| 11 | For a while I stared into the clockface of an antique charity-box . |
| 12 | Emmie stared into the darkness with hot eyes . |
| 13 | She followed him dreamily , and , once more , stared into the darkness under the tarpaulin . |
| 14 | Instead the little girl stared into the beam of sunlight that fell across the kitchen table . |
| 15 | She felt unrested , her eyes heavy as she stared into the fire for the truth was that she had slept very little and , when she did drift off , dreams of being in Craig 's arms tormented her . |
| 16 | Raynor stared into the fire for a long while . |
| 17 | She stared into the camera as if she was talking to it . |
| 18 | He quit French football when he was banned for throwing a ball at a referee , an incident allegedly compounded when he stared into the face of each member of the disciplinary committee and called them idiots , one by one . |
| 19 | Rex stared into the face of his mirror image . |
| 20 | She came to his side and stared along the alley at the two men who were standing unwarily outlined in the light of a held lantern . |
| 21 | Andy merely stared in the direction of the anonymous photographer but his eyes were murderous . |
| 22 | He stared from the flower to Jekub looking small and old under the humming shadow of the ship . |
| 23 | Jonathon stared from the window at a landscape which was not the one Melanie saw . |
| 24 | An unusually mad-eyed Gedge stared from the cover of NME dated January 14 , 1989 . |
| 25 | Outside again , Anna stared over the sweep of lawns . |
| 26 | Her fists mounted on each other , she stared beyond the picnic-patch down the molasses shine of the table . |
| 27 | Then she turned her head and stared to the top of her cage , and then flew darkly up to it and took her usual stance staring up , up now towards the moon and distant stars . |
| 28 | Bernard dug his hands into the pockets of his dressing-gown and moved to the window where he stared across the lawn at the empty swimming pool . |
| 29 | For a moment its two square bay windows , which stared across the road to the rear of the Dragon School , seemed to lighten as if with sunlight , and the carriage clock on the mantelpiece chimed five as if in sympathy . |
| 30 | He stared across the table at me , rolling the empty tumbler around on the wooden table-top . |