Example sentences of "[conj] stare [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , slightly bemused , he lifted his head and stared round at the cheering crowd that had gathered in the doorway . |
| 2 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 3 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 4 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
| 5 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 6 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
| 7 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
| 8 | He drew deeply on the cigarette and stared out at the darkening sea . |
| 9 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
| 10 | He sat and stared out at the drizzle-veiled Circle for a while , and then buckled on his sword and left his room . |
| 11 | Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky . |
| 12 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 13 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |
| 14 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
| 15 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 16 | We then removed the funeral cloths , lifted the gauze veils and stared down at the royal corpse . |
| 17 | Ruth trailed her fingers in the icy water and stared down at the weird rock formations below the surface of the crystal-clear water . |
| 18 | Beyond the glass there was a sporadically placed ring of guards and dogs who seemed uncertain as to whether to stare back at the distorted press of faces at the glass panes , or whether to watch instead the spiral column of smoke and the flames that played at its heels . |