Example sentences of "and stared [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , slightly bemused , he lifted his head and stared round at the cheering crowd that had gathered in the doorway . |
| 2 | Hearing what sounded like a muttered exclamation of fury at her elbow , Melissa looked around and saw Dora turn on her heel and march off into the orchard , where she stopped under an apple tree and stared up into the branches as if inspecting its heavy crop of fruit . |
| 3 | Benjamin chewed on his lip and stared up into the darkness . |
| 4 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 5 | He lay in bed , for some time , and stared up at the ceiling trying to puzzle it out . |
| 6 | ‘ That last hedge you jumped , ’ her father said , breaking another seemingly endless silence as he stopped and stared up at the facade of the great house . |
| 7 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 8 | Still feeling perturbed , he went back into his house , lay on his pallet bed and stared up at the flaking ceiling . |
| 9 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 10 | Corbett leaned back against the bolster and stared up at the ceiling . |
| 11 | Corbett leaned back on the bench and stared up at the smoke-blackened beams . |
| 12 | Lying back down on the rumpled bed , she stretched luxuriously , then hooked her hands round the bed-head and stared up at the ceiling , a soft smile on her face . |
| 13 | She emerged at the bottom of the hill and stared up at the brilliantly burning pyres by the cruig-morn . |
| 14 | Lucie lay back on his bed and stared up at the cobwebbed planks under the thatch . |
| 15 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 16 | The deep , concerned voice broke through the dark haze of unconsciousness , and she blinked and stared up at the shadowy image of Guy Sterne 's face , bending over her . |
| 17 | Charlie took a pace backwards and stared up at the name above the shop . |
| 18 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 19 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 20 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 21 | I lay back and stared up through the intricate branches into the sky . |
| 22 | Ben hurried to the shutters and threw them open , then turned and stared back into the room . |
| 23 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 24 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 25 | He turned and stared back down the muddy track . |
| 26 | Ben turned and stared out across the water fixedly . |
| 27 | Alone again , he turned and stared out across the shadowed lands of his estate towards the distant mountains . |
| 28 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 29 | He was swinging a short sword back and forth idly , and stared out across the tree tops with the air of one carrying out a tedious and unglamorous assignment . |
| 30 | He stopped and stared out of the window , across Horse Guards ' , looking suddenly weary . |