Example sentences of "[pron] was stare [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 2 | He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park . |
| 3 | She was staring out of the window . |
| 4 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 5 | She was staring out of the window across the open space of the ‘ tZand when he came in . |
| 6 | Arms on the table , she was staring out of the window with unseeing eyes then , abruptly , she turned to face him . |
| 7 | Bragg shifted uncomfortably in his chair , glancing towards Morton who was staring out of the window . |
| 8 | She turned around , groping for the door-handle , and saw he was staring up at the small terraced house with interest . |
| 9 | He was staring out into the darkness as if the sound was perfectly normal . |
| 10 | He was staring out at the great dark sweep of the Edge , above the dale . |
| 11 | He was staring out of the carriage window , seeing nothing of the countryside because the image of Sarah with Corrie Palmer in her arms was superimposed on everything he looked at , and it was then he remembered something important . |
| 12 | He was staring out of the drawing-room window when he became conscious of people talking in the hall . |
| 13 | She glanced at him , noticing that he was staring back through the partly open door of the study . |