Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 2 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 3 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 4 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 7 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 8 | Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets . |
| 9 | Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be . |
| 10 | Erm , and that 's about it really , erm , she lives in at the minute , and this was a gentleman called in the sky . |
| 11 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 12 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 13 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 14 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 15 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 16 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 17 | She squinted up at the sun . |
| 18 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 19 | When she arrives back at the WPGET 's headquarters , she will find that Alison Nicholas , a key player in the 1992 Solheim Cup , has handed in her notice as a member of the WPGET 's board . |
| 20 | She came out at the head of the stairs and looked down . |
| 21 | The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings . |
| 22 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
| 23 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 24 | It was nearly six-thirty by the time she arrived back at the hotel , having spent more time wandering through Strøget on the way there . |
| 25 | She arrived back at the village just as night was turning into day . |
| 26 | The wedding party was in full swing when she arrived back at the château . |
| 27 | Before she arrived back at the house , my sister would do as most kids would . |
| 28 | Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse . |
| 29 | She glanced round at the cats to see how much food would be needed . |
| 30 | She glanced around at the house , she would lose her home ; entailed as it was it would pass to the next male heir of the family . |