Example sentences of "stare [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellie said nothing , deciding to stare down at the polished wood floor instead . |
| 2 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 3 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 5 | The Maggot said with inappropriate exultation , then twisted his head to stare back at the island . |
| 6 | Beyond the glass there was a sporadically placed ring of guards and dogs who seemed uncertain as to whether to stare back at the distorted press of faces at the glass panes , or whether to watch instead the spiral column of smoke and the flames that played at its heels . |
| 7 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 8 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 9 | Float on my back a bit and stare up at the stars . ’ |
| 10 | Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse . |
| 11 | Nobody listens but instead they stare out at the countryside , the classic English landscape . |
| 12 | After Rose and the boy had gone to bed he sat on his own by the raked fire , sitting motionless , staring down at the floor . |
| 13 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 14 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 15 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 16 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 17 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 18 | Jack said irritably , staring down at the manual . |
| 19 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 20 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 21 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 22 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 23 | She just sat there , mostly in silence , staring down at the floor , with her hands clasped tightly between her knees . |
| 24 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
| 25 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 26 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 27 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 28 | No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families . |
| 29 | He remained staring down at the the photograph , then slowly shook his head . |
| 30 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |