Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 2 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 4 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 5 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 6 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 7 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 8 | Lying on her back , stretched flat beneath the sheet , she gazed abstractedly at the oblong of high , cobalt-blue sky framed in the window . |
| 9 | No-one had said whose the other was , but from the tone of their glances Elizabeth guessed he was her husband 's — she glowed inside at the word . |
| 10 | She peered suspiciously at the sheet , now folded neatly at the end of one of the benches . |
| 11 | She peered intently at the tears in the garments . |
| 12 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 13 | She peered again at the water below and fought with the nausea and the dizziness and the fear . |
| 14 | Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets . |
| 15 | Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be . |
| 16 | She pouted prettily at the playwright . |
| 17 | Erm , and that 's about it really , erm , she lives in at the minute , and this was a gentleman called in the sky . |
| 18 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 19 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 20 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 21 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 22 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 23 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 24 | She shrivelled inside at the thought of having to tell Maggie about the accident . |
| 25 | His gaze dropped to her breasts and she shrivelled inside at the contempt in his tone . |
| 26 | She gloated inwardly at the memory . |
| 27 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 28 | She squinted up at the sun . |
| 29 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 30 | Sally-Anne 's own preserve was the kitchen , where she ate either at the kitchen table , or , when that was full , at a small card table which was folded up and put away when she had finished . |