Example sentences of "[conj] stared [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , slightly bemused , he lifted his head and stared round at the cheering crowd that had gathered in the doorway . |
| 2 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 3 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 4 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
| 5 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 6 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
| 7 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 8 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 9 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 10 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 11 | She emerged at the bottom of the hill and stared up at the brilliantly burning pyres by the cruig-morn . |
| 12 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 13 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 14 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
| 15 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 16 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 17 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 18 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 19 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 20 | Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land . |
| 21 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
| 22 | Now he sat and stared out at the Brandenburg Gate , lit by the bloody glow of a German sunset and saw it through a mist of tears . |
| 23 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 24 | He put down his pen and stared out at the Britches , which shifted gently and continuously in the light wind . |
| 25 | He wandered towards the doors that opened on to the wet street , and stared out at the people hurrying along the pavements , feet splashing in puddles , sodden raincoats , barging umbrellas , gleaming cycle capes . |
| 26 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 27 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 28 | He sat and stared out at the drizzle-veiled Circle for a while , and then buckled on his sword and left his room . |
| 29 | Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house . |
| 30 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |