Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] staring at the " in BNC.

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1 All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky .
2 There she lay , cold and wounded , clutching the branch and staring at the corpse of Scathach , limp over the black horse .
3 She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling .
4 ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky .
5 I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee .
6 She thought of it first when she spent her two nights on the Embankment , which was littered as soon as dark fell with sad , wild men and women stuffing bread into their mouths out of brown paper bags or staring at the barges on the river .
7 They sat in the back of the Dacia for the drive from Otopeni Airport to the outskirts of the city , holding hands and staring at the lights flashing past .
8 Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor .
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