Example sentences of "staring at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Days spent staring at the wall . |
| 2 | I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee . |
| 3 | Cameron was staring at the shut door . |
| 4 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 5 | ‘ Chinese Lingerie , ’ she says , staring at the silver belly of her herring . |
| 6 | I stood staring at the jeep as it bumped and swayed over the uneven ground of the orchard until it reached the road and then disappeared in a cloud of dust . |
| 7 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 8 | I stop staring at the dancers as a French girl approaches . |
| 9 | As we dance I find myself staring at the French girl — she has a very pretty face with long , dark hair on to her shoulders , slim build and about 5′ 2″ in height . |
| 10 | They remained in a huddle on the pavement , staring at the dazzling array of kitchen equipment as if hypnotised . |
| 11 | She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling . |
| 12 | Her father and mother were sitting tensely on the sofa , Omi at the table , upright , disdain on her fine features , Bodo , huge against the wall , and all of them staring at the stubby , shabby , ash-stained figure of Marx , blinking through his red eyes at the document and reading aloud in an artificially solemn voice , practised in legal jargon and with which he , no doubt , had read out a hundred , a thousand , such documents . |
| 13 | ‘ Better you than Father Condon , I suppose , ’ Frank said , staring at the blankets . |
| 14 | That fancy feast at the Mamounia was a fitting end to a week spent loitering in hushed palace courtyards and lush palm-tree gardens , staring at the marble mosaic walls and the carved cedarwood ceilings in the palaces and in the Museum of Moroccan Art . |
| 15 | A small bouncy couple in their fifties got out , staring at the lights and the screens round Angela Morgan 's car , and came over to them with all the confidence of the middle-class member of a Neighbourhood Watch scheme . |
| 16 | Lee was staring at the picture of the Spitfire on the wall . |
| 17 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 18 | Doyle and the Harewoman were both staring at the boy . |
| 19 | He went on staring at the Hare-woman . |
| 20 | They come in , the doctor , the Warden , me social worker , the nurse , any of them lot , and you 're sitting staring at the walls not doing nothing … . |
| 21 | Staring at the ground in front of her , Emily nodded . |
| 22 | He sucked furiously on the joint , staring at the ceiling . |
| 23 | Sometimes when I take Kodiak out at night , I see Tommy staring at the house . ’ |
| 24 | I stayed on my knees , sitting back on my heels , head bowed , breathing as little as possible , staring at the protruding arrow , thinking the survival programme was too much . |
| 25 | Anna lay back in the bath , staring at the wall tiles . |
| 26 | Decades had passed with no contact and yet here were the people who had shared seven years of my adolescence ; seven years climbing the same wall bars , sitting on the same grass , staring at the same view of Box Hill out of the window . |
| 27 | It 's a refreshing change from all the bands who 've been too busy staring at the stars or their shoes to risk a glimpse at one another . |
| 28 | They were both lying on their backs staring at the top of the cavity . |
| 29 | ‘ His eyes are a very nice color , ’ Isobel said , still staring at the sleeping baby . |
| 30 | He stopped , quite sharply , staring at the audience , which stared back in dumfounded silence . |