Example sentences of "she [verb] at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 2 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 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 looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’ |
| 5 | She snatched at the phone and pressed the buttons of her aunt 's number , but there was no reply . |
| 6 | She snatched at the handle and as she did so the parcel slipped . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She turned at the gate and waved to me . |
| 10 | She grinned at the thought and the solemn angles of Ted 's mouth relaxed also . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She glanced at the dedication and at the cover . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She shuddered at the recollection and continued . |
| 15 | It would be very awkward if she called at the house and Miss Watson were just about to come over . |
| 16 | Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie . |
| 17 | She stared at the photograph and immediately saw why he had been attracted to Carrie . |
| 18 | She looked at the earpiece and blew some flour off the metal diaphragm . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Is try and make up a mountain that 's misty , so she looked at the map and began to climb down . |
| 21 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |
| 22 | She looked at the clock and noticed it was twenty-past one — everyone was in now except Michael . |
| 23 | She looked at the dish and the food again . |
| 24 | In reaction to this , she looked at the text and said " Oh , no , it says " dreadful " . |
| 25 | They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg . |
| 26 | Every few seconds she looked at the ground and shook her head . |
| 27 | She looked at the baby and gasped with surprise . |
| 28 | She looked at the table and nodded . |
| 29 | She looked at the singer and his wife as if from the wrong end of a telescope . |
| 30 | She looked at the photographs and read the papers . |