Example sentences of "stood stare [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We stood staring across the icy water at the mist-shrouded island .
2 As we both stood staring through the slight mist wondering what would happen next , Sid broke the silence .
3 Fifteen minutes later , or it may have been twenty , I stood staring at a caged lift : the chest-flexing iron lattice , the accordion doors .
4 She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing .
5 Zen stood staring at the younger man in considerable embarrassment .
6 ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ asked his mother as the boy stood staring at the moving hand rail .
7 I stood staring for a long while .
8 Shivering with the intense cold , Ho and Jack stood staring into the transparent body of the Kershaw Worm .
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