Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 Tonight she was smiling as she stared up at the screen , and Buddie had given her money .
2 As she stared up at the height a voice spoke from behind her , and she turned to discover that Silas Wilder had followed her down the track .
3 ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake .
4 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 .
5 Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table .
6 Still , she reflected soberly as she stared down at the water , being on the boat had at least served to clarify her thoughts in one direction .
7 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 .
8 Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling .
9 Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water .
10 Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through .
11 She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage .
12 She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle .
13 He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval .
14 Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets .
15 ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear .
16 As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’
17 Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore .
18 She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls .
19 And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’
20 As she called in at the supermercado , toured the fruit and vegetable market , bought chicken legs from the Dutch butcher , a kaleidoscope of questions formed and reformed itself in her head .
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