Example sentences of "as she [vb past] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |
| 2 | The Baronne had retreated behind her mask again , but her lips tightened as she glanced at the label . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |
| 4 | The two strangers flanked Dorothy , making her wonder , as she had at the PopCon building , whether she could get away . |
| 5 | As she stared at the lorry stuck between the flashing lights and the shiny rails , the world seemed to change slightly and a horrible idea formed in her head . |
| 6 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 7 | ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon . |
| 8 | She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date . |
| 9 | As she gazed at the floor , unable to look at him , there flashed across her mind that image of two figures walking together along the path from the beach . |
| 10 | She no longer knew if she was happy or unhappy , cheerful or depressed , as she gazed at the infant lying in his pram , asleep in his cot , kicking on a rug before the fire . |
| 11 | He came in coldness , as she thought at the time , and left in coldness , to go to his grave . |
| 12 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know if it will do any good , ’ she said as she looked at the medicine , ‘ but it might . |
| 14 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 15 | For both occasions she had worn the same hat — an uncompromising chenille turban ; Helen had disposed of it a month ago with the rest of her things and , as she looked at the photographs , felt again the curious dry but slimy touch of it . |
| 16 | Now her head dipped as she pried at the fissure of a half-split nail . |
| 17 | Her head ached : she could encompass no more , She felt as she felt at the end of some long and erudite lecture in a foreign tongue ; her mind would no longer pay attention . |
| 18 | He took her arm as she hesitated at the top of the steps and , as they walked along the deserted promenade , his arm slid round her . |
| 19 | And as she stood at the window she seemed to hear again , as clearly as she had heard it two days before , the sound of Henrietta screaming . |
| 20 | They stopped talking when Groa entered , and she could feel their eyes on her back as she stood at the window , watching . |
| 21 | When he left , we watched from the Met Office windows as she stood at the salute on the edge of the perimeter track , until his aircraft was out of sight . |
| 22 | It must , thought Fenella , snatching the spell off the wall and holding it between her hands as she stood at the silver door , waiting for an indication that the Robemaker had gone . |
| 23 | The tears had run down her face as she stood at the sink , washing up after tea . |
| 24 | Ilse Huber recognized him at once from his file photo as she stood at the barrier beside the security police . |
| 25 | Now Sam looked at his wife as she stood at the end of the long , dark-panelled bedroom , her back to the window , beyond which olive trees rustled in a hot breeze . |
| 26 | Unconcerned , Sabina went on , as she worked at the stove , |
| 27 | When he had left Merrill breathed a sigh of relief , but as she sat at the dressing-table removing her make-up something inside her wept . |
| 28 | Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table . |
| 29 | The words stuck in Folly 's mind , coming back to her next morning as she sat at the Rose Bowl 's work-table , preparing roses for conditioning by crushing the tips of their stems with a heavy mallet . |
| 30 | The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother . |