Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] at [art] [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 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | She shrivelled inside at the thought of having to tell Maggie about the accident . |
20 | His gaze dropped to her breasts and she shrivelled inside at the contempt in his tone . |
21 | She gloated inwardly at the memory . |
22 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
23 | She squinted up at the sun . |
24 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | She came out at the head of the stairs and looked down . |
27 | The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings . |
28 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
29 | She turned quickly at the sound of my footsteps on the gravel . |
30 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |