Example sentences of "[conj] stare [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment . |
| 5 | Jesse sat and stared into the flames , seeing faces in the patterns . |
| 6 | The priest paused and stared into the flames . |
| 7 | Rangers lost the ball from the kick-off , and stood and stared as the Russians cut through their defence . |
| 8 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 9 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 10 | He lifted the lid and stared at the keys a while . |
| 11 | Stung by her mockery , Frankie hung his head and stared at the remnants of his intended peace-offering . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 13 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
| 14 | A man stood , rakish and upright , and stared at the fences . |
| 15 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 16 | He took a tinder , lit the candles on his desk and stared at the bundles of letters awaiting him . |
| 17 | He did not raise his eyes to Melanie but stared at the backs of his hands . |