Example sentences of "[conj] stare " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had already noted in her favour that she did not avoid looking him full in the face as many did ; nor did she flinch or stare when she did . |
| 2 | During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television . |
| 3 | He did not , as usual , read or stare out of the window or make tea or do any of the things Robert assumed one usually caught teachers doing in off-duty moments . |
| 4 | Now they are more likely to spend their time sitting in front of the television , watching videos or staring at a computer screen . |
| 5 | She thought of it first when she spent her two nights on the Embankment , which was littered as soon as dark fell with sad , wild men and women stuffing bread into their mouths out of brown paper bags or staring at the barges on the river . |
| 6 | No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her . |
| 7 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
| 8 | They continued to feed , or stared out on the Zoo not looking in the direction of Minch at all ; while Creggan was so busy staring at Minch in delight and pleasure that he did not notice behind him , in the next-door cage , Slorne stare for the moment at Minch and then swing round and silently resume her vigil at the back top of her cage , looking at the trees and sky . |
| 9 | The blue and brown eyes that stare out of Bratby 's ‘ Self Portrait With Others , 1954 ’ shine with love . |
| 10 | 'T IS a wild wolves ' moon that stares at me |
| 11 | ‘ I go into my office and the single product name that stares at me is NEC on my monitor , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The sea is calm , but such ripples as there are flick the light from the sun about and refract the view of the pebbles so that staring over the edge of the kayak is like peeing into a kaleidoscope over whose speed of rotation you have no control . |
| 13 | Then there was the barest rustle of wings in the night and Creggan saw that staring at him , from the next cage , was Slorne , quite silent , but her eyes full of a terrible entreaty . |
| 14 | There 's more to portraying sadness and torment than staring into space like a hypnotised horse |
| 15 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 16 | The courtyard was inhabited by three tethered goats that stared malevolently at me . |
| 17 | She had n't been able to read anything from the ice-chips that stared back at her . |
| 18 | She was saddened and alarmed by the white face and big dark eyes that stared back at her from a thinner face than she remembered . |
| 19 | The only brightness in the room was in her dark old eyes , that stared at me . |
| 20 | The books were behind glass , and the reflection that stared back at him showed the face of a stranger . |
| 21 | McKitrick 's house lounged on a maple-strewn ridge , sleek and contemporary , with a gable end sporting one huge circular window that stared down at her like an unblinking eye . |
| 22 | He had a broad , high-cheekboned face , a straight beak of a nose , and dark eyes that stared at us without expression . |
| 23 | And , although she was irritated by his refusal to believe her , against her will she was still mesmerised by the blue eyes that stared so intently into her own , felt warmth steal through her when he glanced at her mouth . |
| 24 | I did n't identify with the tired , frightened failure that stared back at me from the mirror . |
| 25 | He hardly recognized the face that stared out at him . |
| 26 | He spoke lightly , amusement in his eyes , but there was no response in the two pairs of eyes that stared back at him stonily . |
| 27 | Isambard 's deep eyes flashed to Harry 's face and lingered there , untroubled by the naked hate and defiance that stared back at him . |
| 28 | This dream : I had it the night after Mum-in-the-mud , the night after English Lit when I 'd sat and stared at these dead simple questions — I mean , ‘ Examine Mark Antony 's friends , Romans , Countrymen speech with a view to its effect on a modern audience ’ . |
| 29 | I could have sat and stared all evening but Benjamin suddenly realised the drift of my eyes as well as my lechery and , at the appropriate time , seized me by the arm and hustled me from the hall . |
| 30 | But the inquisitive crowd always collected inside the wire to outnumber the newcomers and to stare . |