Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Lying on her back , stretched flat beneath the sheet , she gazed abstractedly at the oblong of high , cobalt-blue sky framed in the window .
2 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 .
3 She peered suspiciously at the sheet , now folded neatly at the end of one of the benches .
4 She peered intently at the tears in the garments .
5 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 .
6 She peered again at the water below and fought with the nausea and the dizziness and the fear .
7 She pouted prettily at the playwright .
8 She shrivelled inside at the thought of having to tell Maggie about the accident .
9 His gaze dropped to her breasts and she shrivelled inside at the contempt in his tone .
10 She gloated inwardly at the memory .
11 She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool .
12 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 .
13 She turned quickly at the sound of my footsteps on the gravel .
14 The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room .
15 She glanced hesitantly at the door .
16 She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house .
17 Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard .
18 A little later , she glanced again at the book and said : ‘ A side of life I know nothing about .
19 The car skidded a little , came straight ; she glanced forward at the road , saw the corner and the trees .
20 ‘ When I said I was tired she glanced sideways at the bed and hinted she was fairly tired herself .
21 She glanced irritably at the waiter , barely resisting the urge , it seemed , to hurry him up so that her companion could continue .
22 The instant they landed , she glanced across at the paper .
23 She glanced across at the Laboratory clock .
24 She knocked loudly at the door of his room and carried in a tray of caviar .
25 Feeling a wave of dizziness , she slumped defeatedly at the kitchen table .
26 Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word .
27 Her voice was judicial , but she quailed inwardly at the flare of anger that lit the blue eyes .
28 She stared dully at the logs crackling in the hearth .
29 She stared uneasily at the envelope , at the black , firm hand , at the French stamp , and then she put out the light and went to bed .
30 She stared stoically at the tapestry wall-hanging in front of her .
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