Example sentences of "and stare at [art] " in BNC.

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1 And sees their skin like a strange moon , and stares at the grass
2 ‘ Monsieur , everyone stands by the edge of the water and stares at the fish , that 's why we have such ponds .
3 Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it .
4 But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky .
5 We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair .
6 I reach over the palletwood fence and pour water from the long spout into his half-empty ice cream tub , then straighten and stare at the huge , inert body , my mind searching for an excuse to proceed beyond the shed .
7 Sometimes , as I sit alone in my flat in London and stare at the window , I think how dismal it is , how hard , how heavy , to watch the rain and not know why it falls .
8 I pick up my coffee and stare at the cold dregs .
9 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 .
10 I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls .
11 and stare at the .
12 The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road .
13 A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people .
14 There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth .
15 After we had been locked in I spent the evening making preparations with Malleson 's help : sewing on buttons , dubbining my boots , making a pillow case into a rucksack and staring at a map with unreal names on it like Danzig and Berlin .
16 At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower .
17 And staring at a scene that , at first sight , made the annals of ancient Rome look like a Sunday School picnic …
18 I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee .
19 She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling .
20 He could imagine her posed , mouth moistly open , hips jutting and staring at the cameras with that apparently obligatory look of arrogant resentment .
21 He lay on his bunk with his eyes open and staring at the rafter ceiling for all the hours that were common for the men of Hut 2 .
22 For a long time she imagined she might open the door and see the body of her mother , stretched out in death on her bed , her arms folded across her chest , her eyes still open and staring at the ceiling .
23 He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil .
24 Monks listened with close attention , biting his lip and staring at the floor .
25 In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head .
26 Then we stagger to our feet and pick our clothes off the floor , and sit and drool into our glass , puffing on a pensive perfecto , and staring at the tabloid and all its gruesome crap .
27 ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky .
28 She had no fire in her bedroom , where she had been sitting waiting for his call , and staring at the dying mistletoe .
29 Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession .
30 All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky .
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