Example sentences of "she was [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was butchered at the wheel of the vehicle by her attacker who hung through the passenger window , repeatedly slicing her with the panga . |
| 2 | The details of Julian 's life are not known , but it is highly unlikely that she was professed at the time of her visionary experience — if at all . |
| 3 | Succeeding flights opened up to her view and then she was looking at the lobby . |
| 4 | She was looking at the gentleman , and he was looking at her now and as he inclined his head he said , ‘ Thank you for your service . ’ |
| 5 | Rory worked out she was looking at the door he was crouched behind . |
| 6 | Her face brightened , she was looking at the door . |
| 7 | Oh , dear me ! ’ — she was looking at the casserole dish — ‘ stewed mutton and dumplings . |
| 8 | During the few moments in which she paused in her ascent to the church she reflected that now she was looking at the view the other way round ; now she was in one of the overcrowded little alleys visible from San Martino as merely a crack in a vast expanse of roof tiles and crumbling masonry and noticeable from that lofty vantage point because of the fluttering of the washing hung out on poles over the street to dry . |
| 9 | Harriet glanced at Meredith and saw that she was looking at the picture . |
| 10 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
| 11 | She was speaking at the launch of this year 's Royal British Legion poppy appeal in Southampton . |
| 12 | She was speaking at the launch of Opportunity 2000 at the Ulster Bank 's offices in Donegall Place . |
| 13 | She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year . |
| 14 | You see , she was wandering at the time . ’ |
| 15 | But inside she was cringing at the memory of that appalling evening at the Grand Hotel . |
| 16 | A female dealer at Tudorbury Securities felt the hand of chief executive Roderick Alexander Innes Hamilton , affectionately known as RAI , sidling over her bottom as she was queuing at the SEAQ screen . |
| 17 | The inevitability of the next step in her relationship with Jack faded into insignificance compared with the sheer terror she was experiencing at the thought of going on his bike . |
| 18 | Caron wrote it in the aftermath of the '92 riots in LA where she was living at the time . |
| 19 | Contrary to all expectations , ten minutes later she was seated at the washbasin , and forty minutes after that she emerged from the salon feeling refreshed and certainly different . |
| 20 | He became very confused and it was suggested that the squadron would like something which she was wearing at the time . |
| 21 | He remembered what she was wearing at the disco on Saturday : a slippery , silver sort of dress that flowed around her body like oil . |
| 22 | Now the baby is in foster care and the mother has responded well to treatment she was given at the hospital . |
| 23 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 24 | I sincerely hope that Mrs. X 's complaint was not treated in a dismissive way because , as she readily admitted , she was drunk at the time of the assault . |
| 25 | Pedigree unknown , she was born at the height of last February 's blizzards in The Bullring — centre of London 's homeless community . |
| 26 | She was staying at the Rest House . |
| 27 | I knew she 'd better be told , otherwise she 'd get a bonnie fright when she was stopped at the paydesk and accused of shoplifting . |
| 28 | As it was , she was greeted at the door of the ramshackle house by a complete stranger , a young man who looked at her oddly . |
| 29 | She was educated at the Art School in Gower Street and then at Mrs Hill 's School , where she met Octavia Hill , John Ruskin , Charles Kingsley , and F. D. Maurice [ qq.v . ] . |
| 30 | In fact , she was staring at the ceiling of the escape pod . |