Example sentences of "stared [adv prt] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own . |
| 2 | He stared down at her for a moment , then walked across to the window and began staring outside instead . |
| 3 | He stared down at her for a few seconds , almost as if searching for some clue hidden in her expression . |
| 4 | Hari knocked on the door and after a time it was opened by an elderly lady who stared down at her with a frown . |
| 5 | His face hardened and he stared down at her with contempt . |
| 6 | He stared down at her at such length , with such kindling desire in his dark eyes , that she felt the heat flood through her , a hot , sweet eruption of desire . |
| 7 | Travis stared down at her in disdain . |
| 8 | He jerked his head back , blood on his mouth , stared down at her in fury for a second , then said tightly , ‘ You little bitch ! |
| 9 | Her father stared down at her before taking hold of her arm and pulling her to her feet . |
| 10 | McKitrick 's house lounged on a maple-strewn ridge , sleek and contemporary , with a gable end sporting one huge circular window that stared down at her like an unblinking eye . |
| 11 | Chuck stared down at him in puzzlement for a moment . |
| 12 | Ruth stared down at him in disbelief . |
| 13 | She stared down at it for a long time . |
| 14 | He sat down on one of the chairs and stared up at her with an accusing , plaintive face . |
| 15 | ‘ You know why I really came here , ’ he said , and the words might well have been memorised because he stared up at her in rather an abstracted manner as if his mind were on something else . |
| 16 | ‘ Brest ’ stared up at her from the pavement . |
| 17 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 18 | For a moment she stared up at him through glistening eyes , soothed by his hands and the deep sound of his voice . |
| 19 | In the room the other faces stared up at him like a theatre crowd . |
| 20 | She stared up at him in astonishment . |
| 21 | Jessamy stared up at him in amazement . |
| 22 | Yelping in alarm as he tipped her sideways and moved swiftly to trap her beneath him on the sofa , she stared up at him in shock . |
| 23 | Lissa stared up at him in dazed confusion . |
| 24 | She stared up at him in puzzlement and when she blinked , he suddenly drew her to him as though she were a beloved doll . |
| 25 | Rachel stared up at him in growing exasperation . |
| 26 | His own address stared up at him in the same black hand |
| 27 | Lucie stared up at him from the plank floor , his eyebrows twitching with dismay . |
| 28 | I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window . |
| 29 | I did n't identify with the tired , frightened failure that stared back at me from the mirror . |
| 30 | She stared at the doll which Nanny had put on the shelf , and the doll stared back at her with cold blue eyes . |