Example sentences of "stood [conj] stare [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just stood and stared for a few moments amid all the activity that was going on around the wounded Lovat . |
| 2 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 3 | The men stood and stared at the abandoned Glory for what seemed like hours . |
| 4 | Ellen , usually so quick with a scornful reply , just stood and stared at the elegant stranger who stopped one pace away from her , took her hand , then bowed above her fingers . |
| 5 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 6 | He had completed another revolution of the prescribed path , and the man still stood and stared at the fences , and his shoulders were not hunched as if the cold no longer concerned him . |
| 7 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 8 | Carter dealt out the oxygen cylinders while Ralph stood and stared at the smoke billowing out of the third floor of McKay 's department store . |
| 9 | Rangers lost the ball from the kick-off , and stood and stared as the Russians cut through their defence . |