Example sentences of "staring [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 7 | Jack said irritably , staring down at the manual . |
| 8 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 9 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She just sat there , mostly in silence , staring down at the floor , with her hands clasped tightly between her knees . |
| 13 | 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 . " |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 16 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He remained staring down at the the photograph , then slowly shook his head . |
| 19 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |
| 20 | I ordered Joe up into the tree-house and he sat , staring down at the lens . |
| 21 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 22 | Cameron floundered , staring down at the checked tablecloth , drinking from his glass , checking hers . |
| 23 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 24 | " You 're so lucky , you 're so lucky , " I murmured , staring down at the rocky Rockies or the Smokies or the Ropies through cloud-cover made of snow and contour tracing … |
| 25 | Stephen stopped , staring down at the sand . |
| 26 | Buckingham sat , hands together , staring down at the table top , his face registering surprise and shock at Sir John 's words . |
| 27 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |
| 28 | Ranulf sat staring down at the ground . |
| 29 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 30 | The Lady Prioress sat with arms crossed , staring down at the floor . |