Example sentences of "she stared [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight she was smiling as she stared up at the screen , and Buddie had given her money . |
| 2 | She stared up at the rigging that fretted against a sky of pearl . |
| 3 | Her legs splayed inelegantly and with her mouth wide and dry with fear , she stared up at the stranger . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | It was dark when they got outside , and , walking silently beside him , she stared up at the stars , and gave an unconscious little sigh . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Eyes rounded in appalled realisation , she stared up at the man who stood stooped in the confined space up ahead . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | She stared up into the sun-dappled leaves . |
| 10 | She stared up into the big frightened eyes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Standing at the kitchen window , she stared out into the garden . |
| 14 | She stared out over the sea . |
| 15 | She stared out through the thick , salt-streaked glass as roads and fields and houses moved slowly by . |
| 16 | Cynthia stood up and walked across to the window , where she stared out across the busy London street . |
| 17 | Crossing to the window , she stared out at the murky night . |
| 18 | She stared out of the window and saw the stars and a bright moon . |
| 19 | Turning her back on him , she stared out of the window . |
| 20 | She stared out of the window again , but this time could n't see any movement at all . |
| 21 | She stared out of the window , disturbed . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She stared out of the car window where the wheat fields , blue-green in the sunshine , undulated towards the distant headstocks of a colliery . |
| 24 | She stared out of the upstairs living-room window , at the place where his Jaguar had been only a few moments before . |
| 25 | Something in that reminded her of Clare and she stared out of the window , frowning , as she tried to think what it was . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Opening the lid , she stared down at the emeralds glinting up at her like cat 's eyes , her mother 's emeralds and her grandmother 's and many generations of Grenfell women before her . |
| 29 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 30 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |