Example sentences of "stare [adv] [prep] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Slorne could only stare mutely at him in the cold moonlight . |
| 2 | Back in the bad days , working for the Mason , his reflection in a church window or a bowl of washing water had stared out at him like an evil spirit — all girlish , sheepish , wimpish . |
| 3 | After a few minutes , he became aware of Peter Dawson 's portrait staring down at him from the top of the piano , and he stopped . |
| 4 | He looked up , expecting to see the grey skinny man staring down at him from the steps . |
| 5 | During the course of a conversation , her voice would slowly fade away , and she would lapse into silence , staring away from him with blank eyes , a wistful smile on her face . |
| 6 | She nodded wordlessly , while staring up at him like a hypnotised rabbit . |
| 7 | Warren Caswell turned sharply to find old Lady Usk 's eyes staring up at him from her diminutive height . |
| 8 | She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery . |
| 9 | ‘ The Clay , ’ the boy answered him , staring back at him with a strange intensity . |
| 10 | For a moment , he thought that his wildest dreams were about to come true : she was staring back at him in a deep , soulful way that he was sure meant love . |
| 11 | He stared at the rows of glass jars below the books on the walls — and saw an eye staring back at him from one of them , and what could have been a human foetus in another . |
| 12 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 13 | A thousand windows , some reflecting the dying light of the day , stared down with him at the trampled earth , the lines of washing-poles , the puddles . |
| 14 | Chuck stared down at him in puzzlement for a moment . |
| 15 | Ruth stared down at him in disbelief . |
| 16 | Von Stein had fallen to his knees , and stared dazedly about him at the ruined lab . |
| 17 | When he let her go she stared up at him with anguish in her eyes and heard him swear roughly , viciously . |
| 18 | For a moment she stared up at him through glistening eyes , soothed by his hands and the deep sound of his voice . |
| 19 | In the room the other faces stared up at him like a theatre crowd . |
| 20 | She stared up at him in astonishment . |
| 21 | Jessamy stared up at him in amazement . |
| 22 | Yelping in alarm as he tipped her sideways and moved swiftly to trap her beneath him on the sofa , she stared up at him in shock . |
| 23 | Lissa stared up at him in dazed confusion . |
| 24 | She stared up at him in puzzlement and when she blinked , he suddenly drew her to him as though she were a beloved doll . |
| 25 | Rachel stared up at him in growing exasperation . |
| 26 | His own address stared up at him in the same black hand |
| 27 | Lucie stared up at him from the plank floor , his eyebrows twitching with dismay . |
| 28 | She stared wordlessly at him for a moment , her eyes wide with dismay . |
| 29 | His reflection stared back at him with eyes that were big and dark in a small-boned face . |
| 30 | I sat forward and stared back at him with all the strength of my pioneering ancestors . |