Example sentences of "she [verb] at the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like someone in a trance , she gazed at the clasp that fastened it at the throat . |
| 2 | ‘ I just threatened to blow his ba — ’ She stopped at the look that crossed the Doctor 's face . |
| 3 | She stopped at the crossroads that took her towards her house and , instead of going right , as she normally would , went left towards the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 4 | She confirmed at the weekend that she is to try for election to Europe in next year 's polls in the Conservative marginal Euro-constituency of Bedfordshire South . |
| 5 | She claimed at the time that colleagues had lied in a bid to get her fired because she was unpopular . |
| 6 | His dark brown eyes met hers , and she flinched at the ruthlessness that blazed from them . |
| 7 | She blushed at the thought that she had half considered it , that the pressure on her hand and admiration had added something to her pleasure , that it had made her feel successful . |
| 8 | Giving up on the sheep , she stared at the curtain that fluttered in the cool breeze through the ill-fitting window and tried to recapture the warmth and pleasure of their lovemaking , the feel of his body moving with hers , but was unable to shut out the infuriating sound of the steady drip into the bucket like Chinese water-torture . |
| 9 | She prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life . |