Example sentences of "staring [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 2 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 3 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 4 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 5 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 6 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 7 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 8 | ‘ Humph … ’ the policeman grunted , staring down at the notes before him . |
| 9 | Stephen stopped , staring down at the sand . |
| 10 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 11 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 12 | After Rose and the boy had gone to bed he sat on his own by the raked fire , sitting motionless , staring down at the floor . |
| 13 | She just sat there , mostly in silence , staring down at the floor , with her hands clasped tightly between her knees . |
| 14 | The Lady Prioress sat with arms crossed , staring down at the floor . |
| 15 | The families gathered round in a circle , staring down at the remains of their menfolk . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm a garden designer , ’ she announced quietly , staring down at the hob , ‘ that 's what Luke meant . ’ |
| 17 | I ordered Joe up into the tree-house and he sat , staring down at the lens . |
| 18 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 19 | ‘ I tell you what I really do n't like , ’ he says , staring down at the club floor below , ‘ I do n't like if I do n't know who are friends and who are enemies . |
| 20 | Buckingham sat , hands together , staring down at the table top , his face registering surprise and shock at Sir John 's words . |
| 21 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 22 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 23 | Ranulf sat staring down at the ground . |
| 24 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |
| 25 | One of the Hunters looked over the android 's body ; its demonic face staring down at the android 's features . |
| 26 | Jack said irritably , staring down at the manual . |
| 27 | No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families . |
| 28 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 29 | He wished he was free of Cranston and this matter ; free of Cheapside , back at the top of his tower , staring up at the stars . |
| 30 | And racing along with the flood , tossed from peak to peak , plunged into troughs , was Mr Bishop , arms flung wide , eyes open , staring up at the sky . |