Example sentences of "stared at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 2 | She stared at the warrior in front of her ; his helmet was intricately engraved , with sweeping lines and curves that reminded her briefly of Jake 's cup . |
| 3 | Caroline stared at the telephone in her hand . |
| 4 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 5 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 6 | Mr Kronweiser stared at the ceiling in creative agony for a space , and then , neatly scoring through the word ‘ validity ’ , he substituted ‘ authenticity ’ . |
| 7 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 8 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |
| 9 | Idiotically she stared at the receiver in her hands and then dropped it back on its hook . |
| 10 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 11 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 12 | He stared at the note in something of a stupor , reading it over and over , looking — vainly , of course — for some small consolation in it . |