Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the village she stopped at the blacksmith 's . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For a moment she stood at the door , watching it , wondering whether to answer it or not . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Robyn swallowed and struggled to keep the anger she felt at the forefront of her mind . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The absurd excitement she displayed at the prospect of becoming a mother confirmed my worst opinions of her . |
| 13 | ‘ No , you may not say so ! ’ she exclaimed , yet was quite unable to hide the breathless excitement she felt at the sight at him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 17 | As they reached the little anchorage she looked at the sea with resignation . |
| 18 | For a long time she sat at the breakfast bar , gazing into space , searching for answers and finding none . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |