Example sentences of "[vb past] stare at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Silence spread slowly across the supper tables as the hundreds of guests turned to stare at the Rifleman who , in turn , searched the supper tables for a particular person . |
2 | Two technicians , the only other occupants , turned to stare at the intruder . |
3 | Days spent staring at the wall . |
4 | He was found seated staring at the wall , as if something unmentionable was to be found there that they could not see . |
5 | For a while she lay staring at the wall . |
6 | Bewildered , she slid into bed beneath a vast grey and emerald silk quilt , and lay staring at the patterns of light thrown on the ceiling by the white bedside lamp . |
7 | He had stared at the bottle in his hand , walked outside , smashed it against the outhouse wall , watched the liquor run down , dark against the brickwork , and returned to the house , almost reeled past Matey as though he had drunk all of it , and mounted the stairs to her room to remind himself of what he had lost , hurt though it might . |
8 | David Weintraub , who had stared at the ceiling , dropped an eye towards the Secretary of State . |
9 | They paused to stare at a cistern hanging on the wall next to a wash basin , the rest of the house having disappeared . |
10 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
11 | Nell continued to stare at the sea for a very long time . |
12 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
13 | He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’ |
14 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |
15 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
16 | The tweed-coated figure continued to stare at the page of the book to the left of his plate , ignoring his companion . |
17 | But something did delay her ; she stopped and stood to stare at a marvel of nature , so strange as to suspend belief . |
18 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
19 | Dame Ermengilde , even though she was in the presence of royalty , sat staring at the wall opposite her . |
20 | Grant , stunned , sat staring at the cell entrance , not sure if he had imagined what he 'd seen , or not . |
21 | We sat staring at the rain streaming down the windscreen . |
22 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
23 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |
24 | Merrill stood staring at the portrait , too stunned to deal with the battery of questions that bombed her brain . |
25 | We all stood staring at the flower as if it were responsible for Ruthven 's death . |
26 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |