Example sentences of "[vb past] staring at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Days spent staring at the wall . |
| 2 | He was found seated staring at the wall , as if something unmentionable was to be found there that they could not see . |
| 3 | For a while she lay staring at the wall . |
| 4 | Bewildered , she slid into bed beneath a vast grey and emerald silk quilt , and lay staring at the patterns of light thrown on the ceiling by the white bedside lamp . |
| 5 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |
| 6 | Grant , stunned , sat staring at the cell entrance , not sure if he had imagined what he 'd seen , or not . |
| 7 | We sat staring at the rain streaming down the windscreen . |
| 8 | Harry switched off the engine and sat staring at the big , grey , stone-built mansion with a sense of shock . |
| 9 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 10 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
| 11 | Dame Ermengilde , even though she was in the presence of royalty , sat staring at the wall opposite her . |
| 12 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 13 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 14 | Fifteen minutes later , or it may have been twenty , I stood staring at a caged lift : the chest-flexing iron lattice , the accordion doors . |
| 15 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 16 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ asked his mother as the boy stood staring at the moving hand rail . |
| 18 | She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing . |
| 19 | Merrill stood staring at the portrait , too stunned to deal with the battery of questions that bombed her brain . |
| 20 | Zen stood staring at the younger man in considerable embarrassment . |
| 21 | We all stood staring at the flower as if it were responsible for Ruthven 's death . |