Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For too long she gazed at the rain across the lake . |
| 2 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 3 | Later she knocked at the star 's dressing room door , and her stomach turned over when she saw who was with her . |
| 4 | Now she stood at the gate of Ten-acre Pasture , staring across the hedgetops to the control tower that jutted into the gentle landscape with angular obscenity , begging silently that when she turned the corner he would be there . |
| 5 | Unthinkingly she glanced at the clock on the bedside-table and tears stung her eyes . |
| 6 | Was even she appalled at the prospect he was unfolding ? |
| 7 | Mutinously she stared at the ground . |
| 8 | And then she glanced at the window ; the darkness outside was complete . |
| 9 | Then she stared at the picture for a full minute . |
| 10 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 11 | Idiotically she stared at the receiver in her hands and then dropped it back on its hook . |