Example sentences of "[adv] stare [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris could only stare at the slowly moving ship . |
| 2 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 3 | Having spent so long staring into the national navel we can raise our heads . |
| 4 | He followed her eyes but found she was only staring at a door . |
| 5 | Andy merely stared in the direction of the anonymous photographer but his eyes were murderous . |
| 6 | The Marshal only stared at the warrant , his great eyes bulging more than ever . |
| 7 | And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing . |
| 8 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 9 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 10 | She just stares at the floor and rocks . |
| 11 | ‘ I ought to know , ’ said Gabriel , doggedly staring at the writing . |
| 12 | An hour later she was once again despondently staring through the window , completely at a loss for anything to do . |
| 13 | Then you usually lie there just staring at the ceiling , thinking about everything that could go wrong . |
| 14 | He got as far as the lawn , just out there , and then he stopped and stood , seemingly just staring at the house . |
| 15 | Cranston sat on the bed just staring at the corpse as if the man was alive and the coroner wished to draw him into friendly conversation . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been sitting there the whole morning in nothing but that flimsy shift , just staring through the window at all that water . |
| 17 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 18 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 19 | When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet . |
| 20 | Bodie just stared at the man , his smooth features touched with sour disdain . |
| 21 | He just stared at the Duchess . |
| 22 | I just stared at the wall . |
| 23 | He just stared at the water . |
| 24 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 25 | He just stared at the tablecloth . |
| 26 | On that frozen trackway , however , I just stared at the grotesque thing lying in the snow ; the hand seemed to be thrusting up through the earth as if some ghoul was struggling to rise from its grave . |
| 27 | He just stared into the dreadful dark depths of the old female 's shelter waiting hopelessly for some sign that she was alive . |
| 28 | Agrippa toyed with the tassels on his robes whilst Benjamin just stared into the middle distance , lost in his own thoughts . |
| 29 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 30 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |