Example sentences of "she [vb past] at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was killed by PERSEUS when he held up his shield to her and she gazed at her own reflection . |
| 2 | The queen-dowager laughed softly , her anxieties relegated to the background as she gazed at her best-loved child . |
| 3 | For a moment she gazed at her beautiful bedroom wallpaper then anger took her , shook her , slapped her into life again . |
| 4 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 5 | Caterina knew this was the way things were done ; she glowed at her own craftiness at bringing it about . |
| 6 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 7 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 8 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 9 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 10 | When she arrived at her own gate , she saw a large black Mercedes motor-car parked outside . |
| 11 | As Jenna stepped out of the car there was only silence and she frowned at her own stupidity . |
| 12 | She flinched at his ill-judged choice of words . |
| 13 | She glanced at her tousled appearance in the mirror , and hesitated . |
| 14 | She glanced at her own reflection in the mirror and the answer came with the suddenness of a hammer blow . |
| 15 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 16 | She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road . |
| 17 | She glanced at his half-seen profile with the sunset flashing over his cheekbones as the ship banked for landing . |
| 18 | After presenting me with a bag of tomatoes , she glanced at my mangled leg and made the pronouncement . |
| 19 | She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . |
| 20 | She laughed at her own silliness . |
| 21 | She laughed at her own image . |
| 22 | She laughed at her own joke . |
| 23 | She laughed at his outraged expression . |
| 24 | She chewed at her lower lip . |
| 25 | She stared at his blank face . |
| 26 | She stared at his ruthless face and felt afraid . |
| 27 | She bit at her lower lip , stifling a feeling of rising panic . |
| 28 | She looked at her own body , and exposed its imperfections with both ruthlessness and affection . |
| 29 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 30 | She looked at her handsome companion , who stuck to his sleeked-back hairstyle even when relaxed . |