Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Turning her head slightly she looked at the cut-glass decanter on the bedside table — it was a little less than half full , which meant that she had drunk three … no , four glasses of whisky at some time during the night . |
2 | Angrily she snatched at the home-made corsage . |
3 | Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything . |
4 | And then she looked at the empty stairway beside her . |
5 | She used Peter 's knife to cut off the boot , then she looked at the broken leg . |
6 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
7 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
8 | While there she spoke at the International Gerontological Congress . |