Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] at she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 2 | Then the toot of a trumpet and the clown with the enormous sorrowful eyes was coming at her in her ring-side seat and she wanted to run away . |
| 3 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
| 4 | She averted her gaze and saw that Giles was looking at her in concern . |
| 5 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 6 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 7 | However , the marquis was looking at her with affection and she took courage in both hands . |
| 8 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 9 | She eased the sharpness from her voice , aware that Fred was looking at her in surprise . |
| 10 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
| 11 | She had just had the most beautiful experience of her whole life and Roman was looking at her as if she had cheated him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 14 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
| 15 | The old man was staring at her in a most disconcerting way . |
| 16 | Her prosecutor was looking at her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone . |
| 17 | Orin was looking at her as a Neanderthal might look at homo sapiens after a lecture on Darwinism . |
| 18 | The celebrations passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented level of security , although the Queen 's speech was disrupted by Maori hecklers , and a wet T-shirt was thrown at her by a woman who was later charged with disorderly conduct . |
| 19 | Patrick was gazing at her in admiration . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're the obvious person to do it , ’ Cara , ignoring that her sister was staring at her in total disbelief , went on . |
| 21 | Hoomey was looking at her from under the seat in front . |
| 22 | Salt was scowling at her like a dried prune . |
| 23 | Vitor was looking at her in the way he had looked at her so many months ago — when they had first met , when she had felt that tug . |