Example sentences of "stared at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
| 2 | We stared at a girl in a too-short red T-shirt , the writhing , glistening flesh in the pit of her back exposed . |
| 3 | He had long ago noticed that if you stared at a customs officer when going out through the green channel , the customs officer stopped you . |
| 4 | Alexander stared at a point above Corbett 's head . |
| 5 | She stared at a plump tea-kettle like a plump hen above the shopman 's head , and her voice was dreamy as she answered : " Well , keep it for me — will your I … |
| 6 | She stared at a watercolour of a moorland scene which hung between the two windows . |
| 7 | He stared at a Rajput scene on the wall among his books . |
| 8 | I stared at a picture of a cedar tree in curious perspective . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The clerk stared at a point above the priest 's head |
| 11 | For a moment she stared at a different Luke . |
| 12 | Rob stared at a space above Merrill 's head . |
| 13 | In his room he unpacked the little portable typewriter that had once been Jenny 's and stared at a blank paper until his embarrassment had faded . |
| 14 | Bernice stared at a faded yellow cloth , hanging from the ceiling . |
| 15 | Shelley stared at a carved gateway painted white and blue , with two large blue plantpots outside , and two palm trees inside . |
| 16 | Charlie stared at a sofa and three chairs , all obviously new . |
| 17 | The concrete was cold to his bottom , and he stared at the stairs down which Bunty had fallen , his throat and his face and his eyes seeming to swell up in a great hot surge of grief . |
| 18 | He lay and stared at the wall . |
| 19 | I crawled over the grass and sat with my back against the farmhouse and stared at the blood pouring down the front of my battledress . |
| 20 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He did not say a word , just stared at the sky . |
| 24 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 25 | It ai n't just her face being all bashed up and that — it 's the way she did n't say nothing , but just stared at the floor . |
| 26 | Nordern stared at the mail , dumbfounded . |
| 27 | Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them . |
| 28 | Vincent stared at the man blankly . |
| 29 | People stared at the car , and we tried hard to look like the owners , not just the delivery team . |
| 30 | McLeish told Francesca to hang on while he got this down as a note , and stared at the result . |