Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle . |
| 2 | She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore . |
| 3 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 4 | She gazed accusingly at the sheepless landscape . |
| 5 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 6 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 7 | She peered closely at the surrounding mass of faces , comprising ten of the cleaner or nicer-looking boys from the boarding section , who were whispering and fooling among themselves and taking little notice of her . |
| 8 | She peered anxiously at the reddening bruise on Perkin 's cheek , a twin to one on mine . |
| 9 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 10 | The air did n't feel sharply cold enough for snow , and Clare hoped it would n't rain ; she peered upward at the dull , grey sky . |
| 11 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 12 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 13 | She dabbed ineffectually at the fine material . |
| 14 | She gestured down at the pale lilac , close-fitting , long-sleeved light wool jersey dress she was wearing . |
| 15 | Shaking her head at the kick , she lashed out at the whole row of stores opposite her cathedral and dispelled them to dust . |
| 16 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 17 | With a nail brush she scrubbed persistently at the frosted glass of the small window , where something black ( dirt ? or some kind of growth ? ) spread all along the indented patterns on the glass . |
| 18 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 19 | In a mad impulsive movement , which Molly later insisted was self defence , she jabbed desperately at the oncoming fish . |
| 20 | She sniffed enquiringly at the empty hay rack and looked round at her owner . |
| 21 | When she walked in at the back door Mrs Peterson said : ‘ You 're back then . |
| 22 | Chrissie came into the lounge , looking slight and fragile in her housecoat ; she glanced nervously at the two CI5 men . |
| 23 | She glanced meaningfully at the linked hands of Juliet and David . |
| 24 | As the hospital grew bigger and nearer , she glanced again at the little boy and saw with horror that he was tiny . |
| 25 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 26 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 27 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 28 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 29 | She glanced across at the dog-eared book of maps that lay on the passenger-seat beside her . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |