Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She challenged Vi with her eyes , demanding she should stay at the table . |
| 2 | It is one of the requirements of any British Prime Minister that every Tuesday and Thursday between 3.15 and 3.30 p.m. he or she should appear at the dispatch box and answer questions from MPs on any subject . |
| 3 | She could n't cope in the wild with three legs though so she 'll stay at the centre . |
| 4 | So she 'll settle at the table , flushed , exalted , imperious , resolute — anyway , thoroughly pissed off — and I 'll get the ball rolling with something like , |
| 5 | Maybe she 'll apply at the hospital then if she 's a qualified cook , they 're in and out of there like , like nobody 's business the cooks , they ca n't , well they do n't stay long |
| 6 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 7 | And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table . |
| 8 | She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes |
| 9 | She could look at a row of colours for hours and never be bored . |
| 10 | you know , prices were moving , prices were moving up , she could afford at the beginning , what the price Daisy went up to , she could n't afford , she 's renting somewhere now |
| 11 | Lili had bought it because it was the only work in English she could find at the bookstall . |
| 12 | The only glimmer of light she could see at the moment seemed to come from the cheerful faces of the Rafferty children whenever they arrived on the Four Winds doorstep . |
| 13 | Rella would point to the sixth dot and say solemnly : ‘ This is here , ’ and she 'd point at the floor , to make sure I understood . |
| 14 | Of course , she 'd get at the boy if she could . |
| 15 | I 'd go off to work , and she 'd look at the script and say : ‘ Who are you working with today , what are you doing ? ’ |
| 16 | Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her . |
| 17 | Yeah , well she used to work at the station in the offices . |
| 18 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 19 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 20 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 21 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 22 | She would sit at the piano and sing . |
| 23 | Krabbe 's manager , Jos Hermens , said she would run at a meeting in Jena on May 28 . |
| 24 | " So are you keeping up your prayers to St Anthony ? " she would ask at the end of each interview , to which Sara would dutifully reply , " Yes , mother-in-law , " while knowing that she was not . |
| 25 | She would smile at a man , lead him on a few steps , then turn cold . ’ |
| 26 | She would look at the rest later . |
| 27 | The Baronne de Rochefort presented her compliments to Mademoiselle Russell , and would be obliged if she would call at the château at three o'clock that afternoon . |
| 28 | If left sitting on a chair she would pick at the cloth cover until she made a little hole and then would pull out the threads and small pieces of the inside padding to eat . |
| 29 | She will arrive at the church in her own dark green Range Rover . |
| 30 | so she can stand at the basin . |