Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After making the tea she sat at the kitchen table to drink it , and was still sitting there when dawn broke .
2 For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own .
3 Using the trowel she chipped at the ground outside the door , prising cold earth from among the prickly stems and broken bricks , gathering it with her hands and putting it into the bucket .
4 In the village she stopped at the blacksmith 's .
5 The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated .
6 At 9am on 21 July she knocked at the door .
7 For a moment she stood at the door , watching it , wondering whether to answer it or not .
8 However , she never once attempted to nibble at her daily offering of oats in all the eight weeks she spent at the stud .
9 And when Dr Neil commanded her to give Effie chloroform again while he finally manoeuvred the little body out the relief she felt was almost overwhelming , enhanced by the sudden strange joy she felt at the sight of the tiny purple baby boy .
10 As she rubbed her hand tiredly across her forehead she stared at the cheque until the writing blurred and danced before her eyes , and every word she had flung at him , every insult , seemed burned indelibly into her brain .
11 They remained a week in the Ottoman capital , by no means long enough for Miss Logan to become accustomed to the coarse stares she received at the table d'hôte .
12 This sympathy may have explained the level of applause she got at the end of her opening song , so that she came more confidently to centre for her second .
13 Robyn swallowed and struggled to keep the anger she felt at the forefront of her mind .
14 Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life .
15 The Law Lords found that she should have been fully informed by the bank that she was risking her whole house by guaranteeing a loan to her husband 's business , not the limited amount she believed at the time .
16 Every few seconds she looked at the ground and shook her head .
17 The absurd excitement she displayed at the prospect of becoming a mother confirmed my worst opinions of her .
18 ‘ No , you may not say so ! ’ she exclaimed , yet was quite unable to hide the breathless excitement she felt at the sight at him .
19 Over his shoulder she glanced at the clock over the door — the hands seemed to be moving very fast and she was reluctant to say it was time she was going .
20 ‘ No tour would be complete without a look at the caves , ’ he suggested , after Ruth had exhausted every adjective she knew at the beauty of the Cape .
21 They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone .
22 As they reached the little anchorage she looked at the sea with resignation .
23 She had n't got many clothes she liked at the moment .
24 For a long time she sat at the breakfast bar , gazing into space , searching for answers and finding none .
25 She demonstrated her apparent unawareness of her position in the speech she made at the opening of the church hall in Kensington to which the grocer John Barker , from whom she bought provisions , had contributed .
26 If the conviction is upheld , the hotel queen 's new palace could be a women 's prison in Connecticut , about 20 miles from the $11 million mansion she refurbished at the taxpayers ' expense by charging repairs to her business .
27 On two previous occasions she stayed at the home of Virgin tycoon Richard Branson on Necker Island .
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