Example sentences of "stare at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a grim sort of place , and Bunting felt uneasy as a group of workmen began to stare at them and murmur ominously . |
| 2 | We continued to stare at the corner of the field for some time , expecting to see some movement . |
| 3 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 4 | Richard asked suddenly , impelled by the curiosity that drives people to stare at and question the survivors of some calamity . |
| 5 | They looked so filthy and disreputable that a woman walking her dog stopped to stare at them as they straggled wearily across the wide , almost deserted beach . |
| 6 | I do n't like to stare at them . |
| 7 | Buddie continued to stare at his newspaper . |
| 8 | Smallfry walked with him all the way to the playground , where the other children bunched together in little groups to stare at the absentee and his beautiful mother . |
| 9 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 10 | The pupils just wanted to stare at him all day . |
| 11 | She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges . |
| 12 | They paused to stare at a cistern hanging on the wall next to a wash basin , the rest of the house having disappeared . |
| 13 | When she was completely naked she turned to stare at him . |
| 14 | He suddenly became aware of Kegan beside him , sharply tugging at the edge of his jacket , and turned to stare at him , blotches of anger flaming in his cheeks . |
| 15 | A camera on the far side moved , swung in to stare at Michael Bridges , sitting on George 's right , and came so close that George could see inside its Cyclops eye to the movement of the focusing mechanism . |
| 16 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 17 | She told him she was too busy to attend to the matter , whilst the guests gave up all pretence of looking at the pictures to stare at the intruder . |
| 18 | To stare at an empty vastness would be dispiriting ; perhaps also it would bring about too great a sense of isolation . |
| 19 | Wilcox continued to stare at her through a cloud of smoke . |
| 20 | As though given permission to stare at her , the men all turned their heads simultaneously in her direction . |
| 21 | He continued to stare at Marcus . |
| 22 | Worn out with his own personal brand of window shopping ; all that staring and never buying anything , all those shop windows , all those men to stare at and not dare follow , as if there was indeed a sheet of plate glass between him and them . |
| 23 | Hodads from Honolulu still think of the place as the Wild West and venture up the H-2 to stare at surfers as if they were herds of buffalo grazing on the sea . |
| 24 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 25 | No X-ray had been flashed up on the screen with a football-sized tumour for me to stare at , and my surgeon was playing his cards so close to his chest there was some doubt somewhere . |
| 26 | All turned to stare at Sonny . |
| 27 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |
| 28 | In other words , for a human being to stare at a cat is to threaten it . |
| 29 | He turned back to stare at me as he was hauled off and he was still grinning . |
| 30 | It shall further be unlawful for any man to stare at or make googoo eyes at , or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning , or cough or whistle at , or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman upon or travelling along any of the sidewalks , streets , Public ways of the city of Abilene with an intent or in a manner calculated to annoy such women . |