Example sentences of "[conj] stare at [art] " in BNC.

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1 During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television .
2 Now they are more likely to spend their time sitting in front of the television , watching videos or staring at a computer screen .
3 She thought of it first when she spent her two nights on the Embankment , which was littered as soon as dark fell with sad , wild men and women stuffing bread into their mouths out of brown paper bags or staring at the barges on the river .
4 And sees their skin like a strange moon , and stares at the grass
5 ‘ Monsieur , everyone stands by the edge of the water and stares at the fish , that 's why we have such ponds .
6 Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it .
7 But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky .
8 We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair .
9 I reach over the palletwood fence and pour water from the long spout into his half-empty ice cream tub , then straighten and stare at the huge , inert body , my mind searching for an excuse to proceed beyond the shed .
10 Sometimes , as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window , I think how dismal it is , how hard , how heavy , to watch the rain and not know why it falls .
11 I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs .
12 I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid .
13 I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls .
14 and stare at the .
15 The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road .
16 A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people .
17 There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth .
18 After we had been locked in I spent the evening making preparations with Malleson 's help : sewing on buttons , dubbining my boots , making a pillow case into a rucksack and staring at a map with unreal names on it like Danzig and Berlin .
19 At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower .
20 And staring at a scene that , at first sight , made the annals of ancient Rome look like a Sunday School picnic …
21 I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee .
22 She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling .
23 He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment .
24 He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 .
25 For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling .
26 He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil .
27 Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor .
28 In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head .
29 Then we stagger to our feet and pick our clothes off the floor , and sit and drool into our glass , puffing on a pensive perfecto , and staring at the tabloid and all its gruesome crap .
30 ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky .
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