Example sentences of "she [verb] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like someone in a trance , she gazed at the clasp that fastened it at the throat . |
| 2 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 3 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |
| 4 | She snatched at the phone and pressed the buttons of her aunt 's number , but there was no reply . |
| 5 | She snatched at the memory but it was too obscure . |
| 6 | She snatched at the handle and as she did so the parcel slipped . |
| 7 | ‘ I just threatened to blow his ba — ’ She stopped at the look that crossed the Doctor 's face . |
| 8 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 9 | She stopped at the corner as the two scientists approached the doors . |
| 10 | She stopped at the crossroads that took her towards her house and , instead of going right , as she normally would , went left towards the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 11 | She winced at the thought and concentrated on the toes of her right foot , those tireless weight-lifters and balancers , dusted with rose-scented powder and snuggled into rainbowed socks and patent leather shoes . |
| 12 | She confirmed at the weekend that she is to try for election to Europe in next year 's polls in the Conservative marginal Euro-constituency of Bedfordshire South . |
| 13 | She turned at the gate and waved to me . |
| 14 | She claimed at the time that colleagues had lied in a bid to get her fired because she was unpopular . |
| 15 | His dark brown eyes met hers , and she flinched at the ruthlessness that blazed from them . |
| 16 | She grinned at the thought and the solemn angles of Ted 's mouth relaxed also . |
| 17 | She glanced at the clock and leapt to her feet , her colour deepening at the look in Penry 's eyes as she pulled her jersey over her head . |
| 18 | She glanced at the dedication and at the cover . |
| 19 | Yet when she arrived , when she knocked at the door and waited outside , bits of the outfit threatened to dissociate , to turn ugly and risible . |
| 20 | She shuddered at the recollection and continued . |
| 21 | She blushed at the thought that she had half considered it , that the pressure on her hand and admiration had added something to her pleasure , that it had made her feel successful . |
| 22 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
| 23 | Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie . |
| 24 | Nor had she seen anyone she knew at the airport while she 'd waited for her flight . |
| 25 | As she rubbed her hand tiredly across her forehead she stared at the cheque until the writing blurred and danced before her eyes , and every word she had flung at him , every insult , seemed burned indelibly into her brain . |
| 26 | She stared at the photograph and immediately saw why he had been attracted to Carrie . |
| 27 | Giving up on the sheep , she stared at the curtain that fluttered in the cool breeze through the ill-fitting window and tried to recapture the warmth and pleasure of their lovemaking , the feel of his body moving with hers , but was unable to shut out the infuriating sound of the steady drip into the bucket like Chinese water-torture . |
| 28 | She looked at the earpiece and blew some flour off the metal diaphragm . |
| 29 | As she did this , she looked at the newspaper and read some of the words on the page … and it was like a terrible dream . |
| 30 | Is try and make up a mountain that 's misty , so she looked at the map and began to climb down . |