Example sentences of "bed [conj] stare [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 3 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 4 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 5 | Bodie stood by Doyle 's bed and stared at the pale face of his friend , the eyes closed but moving restlessly beneath the lids . |
| 6 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 7 | Marion sat on the bed and stared at the wallpaper ( roses — so pretty — she had chosen it herself ) without seeing it . |
| 8 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 9 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |