Example sentences of "she [verb] at [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.

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1 She gazed at him with a worried frown .
2 She dabbed at hers with a clean corner of napkin , laughing .
3 She scuffed at it with the tip of one brown brogue but it did not even smudge .
4 She came at me with a stool in her hand — who do you think was terrified then ?
5 Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour .
6 She pulled at it with the tip of her fingers , catching it as it fell .
7 But even so , Louise was so hungry that she stared at them with a fearful concentration , ignoring Fleury 's polite conversation as he made the tea .
8 She stared at him with a stiff , expressionless face .
9 All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face .
10 She looked at me with a reflective , appraising look .
11 She looked at me with a sudden hope .
12 She looked at me with a smile that implied fusion .
13 She looked at me with a defiant grin and a twinkle in her eye .
14 She looked at me with an elegance of expression that is difficult to describe .
15 She looked at him with a challenging stare .
16 She looked at him with a derisive little smile — the sort of smile a lamb might bestow on a wolf promising that being eaten alive wo n't hurt .
17 She looked at him with a rising sense of panic that she tried to conceal .
18 She looked at him with a feeling of panic .
19 She looked at him with a derision of her own , delighted to be able to go into battle , and she was just standing to leave when there was a noise in another room of the suite as if something had fallen over .
20 She looked at him with a tiny frown but said nothing .
21 She looked at him with a gleam of defiance .
22 She looked at him with the confidence of a beautiful woman who was used to getting her own way .
23 At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream .
24 She looked at him with an air of apology .
25 She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine .
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