Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] she at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused , surprised by the wave of pain and nostalgia that passed through her at the mention of the name , leaving her weak and trembling ; as if the sights , sounds , smells , tastes , feelings , sufferings of years could be experienced again in a single spasm of sickening intensity : the cold cubicle , the rustle of habits and the squeaking of boots as the nuns filed into the chapel , the stink of stew in the refectory ; her first lesson , the children shaking their up-stretched hands , eager to please the new sister ; Hilda , dew-fresh in her white blouse and neatly-pressed gym-slip , shy and ardent in the back row ; Hilda and herself together in the copse , in the chapel , in the cloisters , praying , talking , joking , sharing secrets , confidences … |
| 2 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |
| 3 | She closed her eyes as the memory rushed back vividly into her mind again , and a feeling of panic rose through her at the thought that a fierce spark of that madness might be living on within her as she approached the middle of her life . |
| 4 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 5 | Unexpected excitement flickered inside her at the thought . |
| 6 | A sharp pang shot through her at the thought of Dana travelling alone with Roman . |
| 7 | Tallis said , amazed , looking about her at the dark , snow-striped land . |
| 8 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ he demanded , looking past her at the paladin , who was brandishing his sword . |
| 9 | Arrested with Mrs Dyer was her son-in-law , a Mr Arthur Palmer , who happened to be living with her at the time . |
| 10 | And Sheffield Crown Court has heard how a man allegedly kidnapped and raped his wife ; the man who ca n't be named for legal reasons , was separated from her at the time of the supposed attack , and the case is making legal history . |
| 11 | She also asked for those who were unable to attend the AGM to be thanked for the lovely watch presented to her at the end of her term as Chairman . |
| 12 | the prize of £1000 and a silver cup was presented to her at the college by Chief Executive , Best Western Hotels . |
| 13 | No matter what they had said to her at the hospital , it had been her fault she had died . |
| 14 | In other words , according to this view , Germany along with all the other nations stumbled into war in nineteen fourteen , was then declared , simply because she was the defeated party , declared to be the guilty party , erm had punitive terms imposed on her at the Treaty of Versailles , and as a result of this moved towards extremism in internal politics , with the erm consequence that the Democratic Republic of Weimar collapsed , erm Hitler came to power , and Hitler was some kind of evil person , a Satanic messenger from Hell , who first of all visited his atrocities on , on the Germans before doing the same to Europe as a whole . |
| 15 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 16 | Now write as much as you can about Auntie the sort of person she was , what members of her family thought of her , what her niece realises about her at the end . |
| 17 | He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort . |
| 18 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 19 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
| 20 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
| 21 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
| 22 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
| 23 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
| 24 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
| 25 | She was floating along the aisle of a dimly lit church , the only reality the beautiful white dress she was wearing and the man waiting for her at the altar , and even he was shrouded in a mist , preventing her from seeing his face . |
| 26 | Once ensconced in her burrow , the female mite will soon begin to lay eggs , which accumulate behind her at the rate of three or four a day . |
| 27 | When Adam had a document for Miranda to sign that he thought she might argue about , he always included it in a sheaf of other papers he handed to her at the end of the day , when she was exhausted . |
| 28 | She clenched her jaw to kill the sultry languor that was stealing over her at the sight of his thick lashes lying in two black arcs on his gilded cheekbones . |
| 29 | Mr Butner — who developed a friendly , working relationship with Diana — eventually called on her at the palace . |
| 30 | Right now it would have taken more than a memory of someone else 's predictions to have any effect on the blazing anger stirring in her at the prospect of sweaty workmen and a ruined holiday . |