Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] stare [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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1 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
2 | Hari stood in Goat Street staring up at the facade of the old theatre and swallowed hard , trying to pluck up enough courage to walk into the ornate portico . |
3 | Li Shai Tung stared back at the boy for a moment , then looked down , chilled by what Ben had said . |
4 | Li Shai Tung stared back at him , astonished . |
5 | ’ Li Shai Tung stared back at the hologram a moment longer , then , sighing , he plucked the scented sticks from the offering bowl , and threw them aside . |
6 | Mr Dakin stared back at her . |
7 | As they lay on the great four poster bed , their bodies entwined , Maude almost lost in Cranston 's great fat folds , Sir John stared up at the ceiling , brushing his wife 's hair with his cheek , listening to her chattering about this and that . |
8 | Wang Sau-leyan stared back at him , faintly hostile . |
9 | Loopy Lil stared round at the destruction with a look of hopelessness as though she did not understand how it had happened . |