Example sentences of "and [pron] stare [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear .
2 ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling .
3 And I stare at the handprints on the ceiling .
4 And she stared at the girl for a full minute , before turning to Ben again and with a helpless gesture saying , ‘ My God !
5 The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes .
6 Her host repeated that she was to order anything that she wanted and she stared at the words on the card , taking none of them in .
7 Her eyes widened and she stared at the page before throwing the paper down .
8 Towards the late afternoon , exhausted by its own violence , it began to die slowly and soon the ‘ great noise for nothing ’ became a gasping puff , The doors were opened and we stared at the drifts of dust which had banked against houses and cars in much the same way that snow drifts against walls and trees .
9 His gaze shifted , and he stared into the distance , his expression cruelly self-mocking .
10 The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief .
11 Jinny did not understand , but the boy 's head turned and he stared at the Hare-woman .
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