Example sentences of "[noun] and stare at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 2 | Harvey screwed up his eyes and stared at her . |
| 3 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 4 | As the porters wheeled the trolley away , the girl opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred . |
| 5 | Ruth blinked open her eyes and stared at him . |
| 6 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 7 | Oliver stood , finger in mouth and stared at her . |
| 8 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 9 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 10 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 11 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 12 | All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky . |
| 13 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 14 | He held the rock and stared at it . |
| 15 | Bodie watched the hand , then quietly sighed , sat back against the side of the ambulance and stared at his friend . |
| 16 | She pursed her lips and stared at him with her grey eyes . |
| 17 | The nurse made a funny sucking noise with her lips and stared at Meg . |
| 18 | But it still came as a surprise when she angrily pushed away the unfinished lasagne and stared at him directly . |
| 19 | She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground . |
| 20 | Another woman stood on one leg by the window and stared at her . |
| 21 | Spicer got to his feet and stared at us . |
| 22 | Maggie shot to her feet and stared at him in astonishment , and at that moment Felipe de Santis walked past the room , his dark eyes taking everything at one swift glance — Mitch obviously just leaving , Maggie 's suddenly flushed face and wide eyes and the slightly rumpled bed where she had rested to talk to Mitch . |
| 23 | The two men put down their pens and stared at her ; no woman ever set foot within the dockyard gates . |
| 24 | He held the blocks and stared at them , small , cube-shards of his dead kin , like coloured stone , yet not stone . |
| 25 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 26 | Otherwise , we might as well all stay at home and stare at computer terminals . |
| 27 | Cunningham backed his wheelchair away from the desk and stared at Harry quizzically , though whether because he was reluctant to answer or because the mere asking of the question puzzled him it was impossible to tell . |
| 28 | He took a tinder , lit the candles on his desk and stared at the bundles of letters awaiting him . |
| 29 | She scraped her chair away from her desk and stared at it as if she expected the spider to jump through the lid . |
| 30 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |