Example sentences of "she stare [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse .
2 Tonight she was smiling as she stared up at the screen , and Buddie had given her money .
3 She stared up at the rigging that fretted against a sky of pearl .
4 Her legs splayed inelegantly and with her mouth wide and dry with fear , she stared up at the stranger .
5 She stared up at the granite-harsh features , trembling as much from the insidious effect of his hands on her back , pressing her against the male strength of his body , as from her growing anger at his arrogant , hurtful lack of confidence in her …
6 It was dark when they got outside , and , walking silently beside him , she stared up at the stars , and gave an unconscious little sigh .
7 As she stared up at the height a voice spoke from behind her , and she turned to discover that Silas Wilder had followed her down the track .
8 Eyes rounded in appalled realisation , she stared up at the man who stood stooped in the confined space up ahead .
9 ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake .
10 For one speechless moment she stared up into a pair of devil-dark eyes , then abruptly came to her senses and tried to break away .
11 She stared up into the sun-dappled leaves .
12 She stared up into the big frightened eyes .
13 She stared up from the ground , her wings hanging loose as if she no longer had strength to hold them to her body , her left wing seeming bent as if it had once been broken .
14 She felt no surprise at hearing Luke 's voice — indeed , she felt nothing but a cold numbness as she stared round at the ruins of her home .
15 Standing at the kitchen window , she stared out into the garden .
16 She stared out over the sea .
17 She stared out through the thick , salt-streaked glass as roads and fields and houses moved slowly by .
18 Cynthia stood up and walked across to the window , where she stared out across the busy London street .
19 Crossing to the window , she stared out at the murky night .
20 She stared out for a moment longer , and then she turned her attention back inside .
21 She stared out of the window and saw the stars and a bright moon .
22 Turning her back on him , she stared out of the window .
23 She stared out of the window again , but this time could n't see any movement at all .
24 She stared out of the window , disturbed .
25 She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner .
26 She stared out of the car window where the wheat fields , blue-green in the sunshine , undulated towards the distant headstocks of a colliery .
27 She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before .
28 Something in that reminded her of Clare and she stared out of the window , frowning , as she tried to think what it was .
29 The ‘ how ’ of it occupied her mind as she stared out of the window , yet she had come to no definite conclusions when the sonorous drone of the engines made her eyelids start to droop .
30 She nodded , disappointed that he was being so matter-of-fact , and , pulling herself together , she stared out of the window as the headlights shone on the hedges and fields of the countryside they were passing through .
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