Example sentences of "[pron] stared at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stared at the wall . |
| 2 | I stared at the road and was not really surprised by the discovery that I recognized the man in a grey suit crossing with a police-sergeant . |
| 3 | In the lavatory I stared at the mirror . |
| 4 | I stared at the mess of faggots round the hearth of the closed kiln , supernumerary now . |
| 5 | As I stared at the German with the white flag , I remembered ( as no doubt the five Frenchmen lying beside me also remembered ) a short time ago in Amfreville a small party of Germans had surrendered and , as the Commando patrol approached , one of the Germans had lobbed a grenade , killing and wounding several members of the patrol . |
| 6 | I stared at the screen . |
| 7 | I stared at the photograph again , concentrating hard . |
| 8 | I stared at the picture again . |
| 9 | That evening is I crouched at the back of the slit trench , swatting the mauses and listening to the sound of shells passing over and the rain dripping steadily in through the entrance to the trench , I stared at the pool of water getting larger and hoped that the rain would soon stop , if it does n't I 'm in for an uncomfortable night . |
| 10 | I stared at the path . |
| 11 | As I stared at the display , the reflections of myself and Mr Broadhurst in the plate-glass window came into focus as well , imposed over the vista . |
| 12 | I stared at the cardinal . |
| 13 | She stared at the winter world through every aspect of this old tree . |
| 14 | She stared at the doll which Nanny had put on the shelf , and the doll stared back at her with cold blue eyes . |
| 15 | And she stared at the girl for a full minute , before turning to Ben again and with a helpless gesture saying , ‘ My God ! |
| 16 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 17 | She stared at the papers in her hand uncomprehendingly . |
| 18 | Now that he considered it , Turakina 's expression when she stared at the offworlder was exactly like the one Alexai used when he was looking at Burun . |
| 19 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 20 | She stared at the window aghast , and the woman 's face stared back , shadowy and haggard , blurred by the streaming rain . |
| 21 | As she stared at the lorry stuck between the flashing lights and the shiny rails , the world seemed to change slightly and a horrible idea formed in her head . |
| 22 | She stared at the phone sickly . |
| 23 | She stared at the clock miserably . |
| 24 | She stared at the floor , turning pink and feeling so confused that she almost missed what Mr Hollins was saying . |
| 25 | She stared at the floor , at the sudden crack of light beneath the bedroom door . |
| 26 | While she stared at the floor Rosen continued , ‘ I do hope we have time to talk alone before you go . ’ |
| 27 | The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes . |
| 28 | She stared at the pages , and tried to get interested in levers . |
| 29 | She stared at the door . |
| 30 | She stared at the warrior in front of her ; his helmet was intricately engraved , with sweeping lines and curves that reminded her briefly of Jake 's cup . |