Example sentences of "stared at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |
2 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
3 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
4 | In his room he unpacked the little portable typewriter that had once been Jenny 's and stared at a blank paper until his embarrassment had faded . |
5 | Shelley stared at a carved gateway painted white and blue , with two large blue plantpots outside , and two palm trees inside . |
6 | Clutching her battered handbag , graceless in her servant 's clothes , Sally-Anne Tunstall advanced into the ambassador 's private drawing-room to confront her mother and father , who stared at the strange sight she presented . |
7 | She opened the door and stared at the grotesque couple . |
8 | On that frozen trackway , however , I just stared at the grotesque thing lying in the snow ; the hand seemed to be thrusting up through the earth as if some ghoul was struggling to rise from its grave . |
9 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
10 | Mr Utterson stared at the closed door . |
11 | Leonora stared at the closed door forlornly , certain she 'd lie awake for what was left of the night . |
12 | We stared at the fallen magazine . |
13 | Merrill stared at the crumbly mess she was making on her plate . |
14 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
15 | He stared at the small postcard in front of him . |
16 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
17 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
18 | Withel stared at the boiling flames , unnerved . |
19 | He stared at the divine creature of his dreams and twenty years vanished . |
20 | He stared at the young man next to Philippa . |
21 | Richard Langton stared at the young girl before him . |
22 | Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself . |
23 | They both stared at the young woman before them , sipping now at a brandy and port . |
24 | Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers . |
25 | It stared at the good eye moving frantically in its socket . |
26 | Breathing deeply , fighting sudden fresh tears , she stared at the whitewashed walls of the tiny , tidy yard . |
27 | Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small , glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom . |
28 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
29 | They stared at the flat blade of rock jutting out of the turf-clad flank of the hill . |
30 | He stared at the complex array of panels , dials , visual display units and keyboards . |