Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | With a brief wave Lindsey hurried along the corridor towards the consulting-room , where she sat at the desk , taking several deep breaths to compose herself before calling for her first patient . |
2 | She liked her boss a lot more now than she had at the beginning of their relationship . |
3 | When they did converse , she said little and mostly listened ; it had only recently struck Angelica that she knew almost nothing more about Alina now than she had at the end of that first day . |
4 | I have seen photographs of her ( looking it must be admitted not much younger than she did at the time in which this story is set ) , across which she has signed herself ‘ Mademoiselle ’ , and sometimes ‘ Miss ’ . |
5 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
6 | But indoors meant her thoughts and Piers , neither of which she felt strong enough to endure , so she grimaced at the weather and resolutely plodded into the village , dripping over the telephone as she called the one and only astrologer listed in the directory . |
7 | Is try and make up a mountain that 's misty , so she looked at the map and began to climb down . |
8 | The smears on the television had gone so she gazed at the reflection of the sunlight on the blank screen instead . |
9 | Obviously , at the end of her service , she was too old for breeding and stayed with her handler until she died at the age of sixteen . |
10 | The sensation augmented in roaring octaves of bitter power until she hung at the edge of being where something — some eternal truth — hung clear and untouchable as the luscious stars . |
11 | She called again , moving out through the gate until she stood at the top of the lower garden that sloped down to the bay . |
12 | ‘ Papa , tell Belle Maman that if she looks at the baby like that , I shall get only her hat in the picture … ’ |
13 | He was too far away to hear , even if she shouted at the top of her voice . |
14 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
15 | She hankered after her dancing days till she died at the age of ninety . |
16 | While she stared at the floor Rosen continued , ‘ I do hope we have time to talk alone before you go . ’ |
17 | The relief was great , and she sat massaging her toes for a minute while she looked at the collection of dirty underwear strewn over her genuine-colonial bedroom , and shuddered . |
18 | Mrs Files let her shoulders answer while she stacked at the sideboard . |
19 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
20 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
21 | Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school . |
22 | ‘ Since she started at the poly she 's been very difficult , ’ said Mrs Khalid . |
23 | Emma Southworth went with two of her workmates to classes every evening after she finished at the mill . |
24 | Her friendship with him began soon after she arrived at the School . |
25 | Soon after she arrived at the caravan he had said : ‘ I 'm vegetarian but I do n't expect you to be , or Timmy . ’ |
26 | And I could n't remember whether she said at the end of the three months or |
27 | Lydia looked at the picture before she looked at the signature . |
28 | ‘ My mother , just before she died at the age of fifty . ’ |
29 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
30 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |