Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing .
2 She peered intently at the tears in the garments .
3 Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be .
4 She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool .
5 She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house .
6 She glanced round at the cats to see how much food would be needed .
7 She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face .
8 She glanced back at the marquees , but there was no sign of Richard .
9 She glanced out at the humans .
10 She stared dully at the logs crackling in the hearth .
11 It was dark when they got outside , and , walking silently beside him , she stared up at the stars , and gave an unconscious little sigh .
12 She felt no surprise at hearing Luke 's voice — indeed , she felt nothing but a cold numbness as she stared round at the ruins of her home .
13 As she stared unseeingly at the advertisements in yet another newsagent 's window Folly felt the old anger come surging back .
14 For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away .
15 She stared down at the papers in her hand , not wanting to look at him .
16 Opening her briefcase , she stared down at the contents .
17 Opening the lid , she stared down at the emeralds glinting up at her like cat 's eyes , her mother 's emeralds and her grandmother 's and many generations of Grenfell women before her .
18 She stared blankly at the adverts .
19 She stared blankly at the boys for a couple of seconds , then shook her head and tried to ignore the fears that crowded her .
20 She looked round at the others , spitting dust from their mouths , coughing , shaking with cold .
21 She looked round at the cuttings strewn on the floor and then back at the blank screen .
22 Then she looked around at the men on offer , braying nightclub fools mostly , and decided that , even without racing commitments and pain , she would be planning to leave early .
23 She looked around at the fields .
24 The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars .
25 She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest .
26 She looked up at the advertisements above the windows .
27 Everything she had thought had been a lie and she looked carefully at the things she now possessed with new eyes .
28 As she looked again at the faces of her family she was ready to burst into tears and almost did so but Erika , moving lightly into the kitchen , said : ‘ Fräulein Silber thinks that I should stay with her next week . ’
29 She looked slyly at the children and laughed when they laughed .
30 She looked pointedly at the stairs behind him , and he gave her a thorough scrutiny , as though trying to work out exactly what was on her mind .
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