Example sentences of "[verb] and stared at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 2 | As Charlie approached the Whitechapel Road , he stopped and stared at the frantic bustle taking place all around him . |
| 3 | They , too , checked and stared at the sight of the river . |
| 4 | He turned and stared at the pool . |
| 5 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 6 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 7 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 8 | Willie nodded and stared at the ground . |
| 9 | Benjamin nodded and stared at the dying flames of the fire . |
| 10 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 11 | I left the car outside the farm and was about to walk between the walls when I paused and stared at a cow in the field on the other side of the road . |
| 12 | He inhaled and stared at the ceiling ; smoking in bed was something his wife did n't like , it was only on business trips that he managed it , depending on the company . |
| 13 | The men stood and stared at the abandoned Glory for what seemed like hours . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 20 | She sat and stared at the view , while he opened the trunk and lifted out the sheet , complete with its light-brown rose of blood . |
| 21 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 22 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |