Example sentences of "[noun] stare at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 2 | Up in her booth , a puzzled DJ stares at a machine with nothing on it , shrugs and puts on a current hit to get things moving once again . |
| 3 | And anytime they got in a fix , they called on the children to lift paper masks ( given out free and serving as a programme on the reverse ) to their faces and give a special Care Bear Stare at the stage to overcome Coldheart 's evil intent . |
| 4 | She stretched out her hand to click on the bedside light , checked her watch , then lay back , panic subsiding , her eyes staring at the ceiling while the terrible immediacy of the dream began to fade , recognized for what it was , an old spectre returning after all these years , conjured up by the events of the night and by the reiteration of the word ‘ murder ’ which , since the Whistler had begun Iris work , seemed to murmur sonorously on the very air . |
| 5 | He said this last part carefully , his eyes staring at the road ahead . |
| 6 | The Archon stared at the general . |
| 7 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 8 | Bernice stared at a faded yellow cloth , hanging from the ceiling . |
| 9 | Lever stared at the parcel a moment , his eyes burning with curiosity , then looked up again , smiling . |
| 10 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 11 | Her head drooped to one side , and her heavy-lidded eyes stared at the ashtray , even though they did not focus on it . |
| 12 | Grimma stared at the huge face . |
| 13 | Grimma stared at the pictures of levers with numbers on . |
| 14 | Breathing heavily Emilia stared at the younger woman as though bereft of all hope that she might be understood . |
| 15 | Tilda stared at the brilliant golden-beaked bird , about which there was something frightening . |
| 16 | Woolley stared at the ambulance , took a couple of paces , stopped and stared again . |
| 17 | Corbett stared at the hard-eyed French envoy and realised that it was impossible to press the matter . |
| 18 | Corbett stared at the coins . |
| 19 | The reporter signed off , and Kathleen stared at the screen as Jack 's image was replaced by the film that had been running . |
| 20 | He laughed wryly , walking over to the window to stare at the view she had enjoyed such a short time before . |
| 21 | He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone . |
| 22 | When these convoys were gathering she and Allen used to hang about the Inn staring at the strangers . |
| 23 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 24 | She even started making other arrangements so she would n't just end up sitting at home staring at the phone and forcing herself not to ring him and say her plans had changed and she was free after all . |
| 25 | Chopra stared at the space station , trying to pick up the memories of a past age . |
| 26 | Thérèse and Léonie stared at the steep wall of rock , at the grass and weeds at its foot . |
| 27 | Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision . |
| 28 | Loretta stared at the woman for a moment , thoughts racing through her head . |
| 29 | Tapping a ruler across the palm of her hand , Sister Rosario stared at the child for a few seconds . |
| 30 | The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak , afraid to face the voice , terrified at the prospect of looking upon the Almighty . |