Example sentences of "as she [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood .
2 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 .
3 The Baronne had retreated behind her mask again , but her lips tightened as she glanced at the label .
4 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 .
5 The two strangers flanked Dorothy , making her wonder , as she had at the PopCon building , whether she could get away .
6 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 .
7 He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window .
8 ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon .
9 In keeping with the rest of the terrain , the land formed hills and valleys , and as she gazed at a hillside Lucy thought that never before had she seen so many different shades of green .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 He came in coldness , as she thought at the time , and left in coldness , to go to his grave .
13 The nun was screaming now at the top of her voice ; then for a moment she became still and silent as she looked at a trickle of blood flowing down over her fingers ; and she now screeched again .
14 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 .
15 ‘ I do n't know if it will do any good , ’ she said as she looked at the medicine , ‘ but it might .
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 As soon as she arrived at the office , she went to see Mr Tranter , the editor .
  Next page