Example sentences of "stare in [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen and elderly women picked their way over the broken concrete and steel to stare in disbelief at the crippled buildings with their bulging walls and blackened balconies . |
| 2 | But suddenly she was doubly shaken , and could only stare in astonishment at the tall , lean , aristocratic-looking man who had rounded that same corner in time to see all that had happened . |
| 3 | It had been lucky enough to have survived the ravages of the Great Fire of 1666 , when its tower acted as a vantage-point from which Samuel Pepys could stare in horror at the extent of the blaze . |
| 4 | But all her frantic thoughts were cut short as she opened the door , to see her own children sitting , staring in amazement at the red-faced boy in the middle of the floor with his hands raised to strike one of them . |
| 5 | They stood on the step and waited for the taxi with black bands on their arms and suitcases in their hands , forlorn passengers from a wrecked ship , clutching a few haphazardly salvaged possessions and staring in dismay at the choppy sea to which they must commit themselves . |
| 6 | Lindsey climbed out after him , staring in dismay at the escaping column of steam . |
| 7 | They stood around on the branches staring in wonder at the sight of this small human preparing to take off on Swan . |
| 8 | He was staring in disbelief at the tureen in the middle of the table . |
| 9 | From Cork they came , with their cider-fuelled spiky pop instincts and charmingly naive enthusiasm , to fulfil their ‘ fierce dream ’ in rock'n'roll UK — now , here are THE FRANK & WALTERS , family goatherds climbing every mountain in Sound of Musicland and staring in awe at the view with SIMON ‘ Von Trapp ’ WILLIAMS . |
| 10 | She stuffed the chisel in her back pocket , climbed up , then stared in surprise at the guttering . |
| 11 | Willie stared in amazement at the fields , his thin woollen socks heaped around his ankles . |
| 12 | Simon Cormack stared in amazement at the tall man near the door , his raincoat half-open , holding up a clothes-peg in his left hand . |
| 13 | " In that case I 'll accompany you , " he said abruptly , and offered her his arm like the gentleman he wanted to be , so that the women and old men who sat at their doorways in West Street stared in amazement at the unprecedented sight of Harry Pascoe on an errand of mercy with his wife . |
| 14 | Willie stared in horror at the bubbling water and backed towards the table . |
| 15 | The citizens of Riverbank stood at the water 's edge and stared in horror at the two on the opposite bank . |
| 16 | She stroked the chicken who clucked delightedly , as Artemis 's future stepmother stared in horror at the egg . |
| 17 | Unable to move , I stared in horror at the shape behind the glass , and screamed . |
| 18 | As Ashley stared in horror at the hairy black spider , Thomas extended a curious finger . |
| 19 | She stared in horror at the whitened , frozen cadavers which lay there under a tattered , canvas sheet . |
| 20 | Myles stared in wonder at the beads of sweat standing out on his forehead . |
| 21 | She opened the door and stared in astonishment at the tall , strongly built man who was standing with his hand raised for another assault on her bell . |
| 22 | He left so quickly that she stared in astonishment at the door he had closed behind him . |
| 23 | The door was open , and she halted on the threshold and stared in astonishment at the collection of memorabilia that littered every available surface . |
| 24 | All around them the other coolies stared in disbelief at the sight of their tormentor so astonishingly struck down before their eyes ; then the floodwaters of their hatred burst some invisible dam , and several men dashed forward screaming incoherently to slash at the kneeling man 's head and shoulders with their coupe-coupes . |
| 25 | I stared in disbelief at the dial of the weighing machine . |
| 26 | For a moment he stared in disbelief at the instrument in his hand . |
| 27 | Waking with a jump , disorientated for a moment , Hilary stared in disbelief at the kitchen clock . |
| 28 | She stared in anger at the old man 's face , at his eyes which goggled anxiously at hers , then roved off when she met his look , his lips which caved in on his gums and mumbled and tightened as though he was always eating . |
| 29 | Cranston stared in disappointment at the grey ragstone tomb . |
| 30 | Christine stared in fascination at the being that had appeared in the medlab before her . |