Example sentences of "stood [v-ing] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 3 | Instead , she went to the window and stood looking out at the vast starry sky . |
| 4 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 5 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 6 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 7 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |