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

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1 Then she snatched a cigarette from a box , her hand shaking so much she laughed at the difficulty she had in lighting it .
2 As he intended to behave extraordinarily well , she would grow to like and respect him ( he was n't entirely sure she did at the moment ) .
3 During World War I she worked at the Admiralty on various projects of national importance , including the large-scale production of acetone from starch by fermentation .
4 First she stopped at the coffee house to see if all was ready , then she stopped to speak to one of the servants .
5 First she called at the flat in the rue du Bateau and made a telephone call .
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