Example sentences of "she [verb] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in her life so far had prepared Laura for the shock she experienced at the sheer animal magnetism projected by the stranger . |
| 2 | Her deeply lined face was creased into a smile as she gazed at the tiny ear in her hand . |
| 3 | She gazed at the golden-haired figure standing so tall and so proud in the centre of the stage . |
| 4 | She gazed at the new arrangement , absent-mindedly reached for the tea Julia had placed near her elbow and drank . |
| 5 | She gazed at the stubby brick lighthouse , which was over two hundred years old , and had been built to guide the fishing boats home safely to harbour . |
| 6 | Her brows puckered in a frown , she gazed at the deserted coach , and she did n't realise that Roman had left her until he returned , a furious expression on his face . |
| 7 | As she listened to the playback she gazed at the naked corpse . |
| 8 | She trembled at the razor-sharp sleet of misery : losing Lucy . |
| 9 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 10 | but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I |
| 11 | She peered at the smaller typewriter 's message : |
| 12 | Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ? |
| 13 | She lives at the other end , Blackberry Lane , I 'm not sure of the number , but I was told she has a monkey puzzle tree in her front garden . |
| 14 | Angrily she snatched at the home-made corsage . |
| 15 | Slowly struggling up from the depths of deep unconsciousness , Laura flicked open her eyelids , only to shut them firmly again as she winced at the brilliant sunshine flooding in through the windows of the bedroom . |
| 16 | The voice startled her but when she looked round she winced at the stale smell of alcohol on the man 's breath . |
| 17 | She winced at the faint trace of disgust in his voice , but managed to turn it into a careless shrug . |
| 18 | She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner . |
| 19 | She studied at the Royal Academy in London and the Juilliard School in New York . |
| 20 | She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees . |
| 21 | Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything . |
| 22 | Feeling suddenly hungry , she nibbled at the buttered toast . |
| 23 | A governor 's daughter , travelling to India , found the first-class passengers stuffy and took a fancy to a handsome second-class steward with whom she danced at the fancy dress ball . |
| 24 | She nodded at the limp body . |
| 25 | All the same , she could feel butterflies in her stomach when she arrived at the imposing entrance to Puddephat 's college at twelve . |
| 26 | She arrived at the same moment as Nina and they saw that Greg was already unlocking the factory ambulance and David was in consultation with one of the factory managers . |
| 27 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 28 | She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say . |
| 29 | From 1897 till 1907 she taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts . |
| 30 | She glanced at the dark shape of Guy Sterne at her side , and saw him watching her . |