Example sentences of "stood [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood gazing at the foal , shaking their heads . |
| 2 | Gripping her spear in white hands , she stood gazing at the shadowy Isle . |
| 3 | He stood gazing at the words , and at first they made no sense to him , apart from the ominous mention of death , and death of intent , not the quiet closing of a life like Donata 's passing . |
| 4 | Never once had the French king offered a seat to Lady Francesca , who stood gazing at the monarch , an awed , frightened expression on her beautiful face . |
| 5 | They stood smoking at the end of the passage and watched Auriega . |
| 6 | Marjorie went over too and stood looking at the baby . |
| 7 | He did n't look at me , he stood looking at the doors . |
| 8 | Dad stood looking at the flat in disgust . |
| 9 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 10 | The following morning , Jim was free and the two men stood looking at the bones . |
| 11 | He turned left when they had passed the hotels , parked the car in the space reserved for vehicles and they climbed out , stretched , stood looking at the view . |
| 12 | Jasper stood looking at the bell rope which came out of a small square aperture at what was the base of the campanile . |
| 13 | When she came in she stood looking at the figure stretched out on the floor . |
| 14 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 15 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |
| 16 | I stood looking at the pools of water lying on the pitch , the door of the directors ' Portakabin swinging back and forth on its one remaining hinge , and I recalled the good times , remembered the bad . |
| 17 | They stood looking at the door , wondering what form the knocking threat would take . |
| 18 | He stood looking at the floor , examining the toes of his shoes with an expression of deep concern on his face . |
| 19 | Lowell returned to the cottage and stood looking at the portrait of Rose . |
| 20 | Before Rincewind could stop him the dragonrider had leapt from the creature 's back to land on the platform , where he stood grinning at the wizard 's discomfiture . |
| 21 | They stood listening at the door as Gerald Hussey made a short speech of welcome ; then there were further exchanges in low voices which Sara could not make out . |
| 22 | But something did delay her ; she stopped and stood to stare at a marvel of nature , so strange as to suspend belief . |
| 23 | Frere stood flustered at the turn their banter had taken . |
| 24 | A tall , thin man stood staring at a stone wall , as if waiting for an answer to a question he had put to it . |
| 25 | Fifteen minutes later , or it may have been twenty , I stood staring at a caged lift : the chest-flexing iron lattice , the accordion doors . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |
| 28 | ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ asked his mother as the boy stood staring at the moving hand rail . |
| 29 | She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing . |
| 30 | Merrill stood staring at the portrait , too stunned to deal with the battery of questions that bombed her brain . |