Example sentences of "stare [adv] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the coach Geoffrey had stared morosely out of the window ; now he stormed along the wing with ferocious determination . |
| 2 | Staggering slightly , it turned to stare balefully back at them , standing broadside on . |
| 3 | She turned to stare fixedly out of the window , furiously blinking away the moisture which was threatening to fill her eyes , and trying to ignore a large lump which seemed to have become stuck in her throat . |
| 4 | Fernando turned to look at her and she lifted her head from his shoulder to stare wildly out to the horizon , so engrossed with yet another disturbing thought she did n't notice the curious expression on his face . |
| 5 | They drove back to the ship in virtual silence , sitting apart like total strangers , she thought , turning her head to stare unseeingly out of the window . |
| 6 | She rested her head against a cushion so that she could stare straight up through the network of rigging and past the light-blanched sails to where the stars wheeled their cold fire beyond the mastheads . |
| 7 | Opposite the clock , angels and bishops stare moodily down from the Holy Trinity Column in what is now the middle of Red Army Square . |
| 8 | All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off . |
| 9 | It 's staring right up at me , like it knows exactly what I 'm thinking , like it knows I have n't got a dream of ever coming up with a first sentence . |
| 10 | There are the Kray Brothers at Reggie 's wedding in 1965 , staring menacingly off into the distance ; Michael Caine with a dangling cigarette ; Jane Birkin , topless , with her arms crossed protectively over her chest ; Catherine Deneuve with a brown wig and a pink flamingo . |
| 11 | DAVID is staring tensely out of the window . |
| 12 | Staring idly down into her glass , she watched the bubbles rise . |
| 13 | He lit a cigarette and sat staring gloomily out of the window . |
| 14 | She sat for maybe ten minutes staring gloomily out at the rain , which gave no sign of abating , knowing her options were limited to a choice of one . |
| 15 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 16 | The Marines were staring morosely out to sea , when a glimmer of unusual movement caught their eyes . |
| 17 | She had turned slightly , staring coolly back at a young , dark-faced gallant , resplendent in red and white silks , who lounged in his seat with eyes for no one but Athelstan 's fair companion . |
| 18 | On the rare occasions when one of these mice stops to contemplate the future , it is nearly always a mother hugging her child , staring directly out of the frame with baleful black-ringed eyes in an otherwise expressionless triangular white face . |
| 19 | Two days later as she sat on the beach , staring glumly out over the ocean , Laura knew that she could n't fool herself any longer . |
| 20 | Rather than locking himself in his bedroom staring mournfully out of the window , Lemn reaches out to his audience , grabs them by the lapels , rapping and ranting his bitter sweet rhyming couplets . |
| 21 | Crilly is contemptuous of Henry , but the latter sits beside us just the same , not buying a drink but sniffing and staring dully out of eyes deadish and glazed . |
| 22 | Towards evening Fleury was leaning against the rampart at the banqueting hall staring dully out over the foliage , occupied in vague thoughts about food and reviewing in his mind various outstanding meals he had eaten in the course of his existence . |
| 23 | But when he looked up , the dwarf above him was standing , arms limp like a ragged doll , staring dully down at the crossbow bolt buried in his stomach . |
| 24 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 25 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 26 | ‘ I see , ’ he said thickly , staring fixedly down at her . |
| 27 | Geraci was staring fixedly back at Zen , as though he was trying to remember whether he 'd turned the gas off before leaving home . |
| 28 | Catherine was staring earnestly down at Duncan over her coffee . |
| 29 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 30 | She was lying stretched out , her head against a pillow of lichen-covered stone , her eyes staring straight up at the incredible blue of the sky . |