Example sentences of "[pers pn] stared at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen and I stared at Jamila 's face in the gloom for a clue as to what she was going to do . |
| 2 | I stared at Gav from my bed , blinking and trying to take in this torrent of exponentially catastrophic information . |
| 3 | I stared at Santerre . |
| 4 | I stared at Rachel , whose fawnlike eyes were now smiling at Benjamin . |
| 5 | I stared at Jackson Chatterton , and at last sensed the drama that lay behind his big calm presence . |
| 6 | She stared at Juliet for a second , then struggled to a sitting position . |
| 7 | She stared at Ruth , scarcely able to believe what she saw . |
| 8 | Incredulously she stared at Fernando 's grinning face as he took her gently by the shoulders . |
| 9 | Peering round the raised bonnet , she stared at Terry who was beckoning her brother urgently from the open front door . |
| 10 | Leaning back in her chair , she stared at Ellie in shock . |
| 11 | She stared at Skogen . |
| 12 | Notable among these is the fact that the mismatch of range is even greater than in the case of the prenominal adjectives ; it is true that one can usually expand a postnominal adjective to a relative clause containing be , though we should certainly note cases like : ( 31 ) he is dreaming of the whisky which will be galore with her arms which were akimbo she stared at Victor food which is aplenty is on sale in the end tent however , there is not the slightest difficulty about producing numerous examples where the relative clause with be is fully satisfactory but can not be reduced to a grammatical postnominal adjective . |
| 13 | She stared at Anna 's face . |
| 14 | She stared at Reynolds . |
| 15 | Swinging round , she stared at Feargal , then slumped in defeat . |
| 16 | She stared at Fincara unbelievingly . |
| 17 | She stared at Myeloski , still tense from her ordeals . |
| 18 | She stared at Lucenzo in consternation , sitting erect in the chair , unnerved by a terrible idea that had come into her head . |
| 19 | She stared at Owen with large , unblinking eyes . |
| 20 | She stared at Marco in horror . |
| 21 | She stared at Tuan Ti Fo then looked back at the boy , a new respect entering her expression . |
| 22 | Rachel 's hand flew to her mouth and she stared at Sybil in dismay . |
| 23 | She stared at Celia , disbelievingly . |
| 24 | She stared at Monica , who stared at her . |
| 25 | She stared at Mary , white-faced . |
| 26 | Flinging her head upwards , she stared at Leo , and several seconds must have elapsed before she had the gumption to grasp his extended hand . |
| 27 | Her violet eyes enormous , she stared at Leo in astonishment . |
| 28 | Raising her eyes , she stared at Leo . |
| 29 | For a long moment she stared at Michael , but she did not speak . |
| 30 | Sally went stiff , she stared at Daryl as if she could n't believe her ears , her face went quite white . |