Example sentences of "she [vb past] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She quivered at the slide of his hand around the sensitive skin behind her ears , and tried to shake his hands off her hair without success . |
| 2 | Now her head dipped as she pried at the fissure of a half-split nail . |
| 3 | She demonstrated her apparent unawareness of her position in the speech she made at the opening of the church hall in Kensington to which the grocer John Barker , from whom she bought provisions , had contributed . |
| 4 | She lived at the top of Tennyson Tower — ‘ It was that or Maid Marian , ’ she remarked , as they swung its glass door , her voice distantly scornful . |
| 5 | The smears on the television had gone so she gazed at the reflection of the sunlight on the blank screen instead . |
| 6 | Alexandra wondered if Mrs Burrows had said anything else , but she gazed at the tapestry on her lap and said only , ‘ She — she is most kind . |
| 7 | For too long she gazed at the rain across the lake . |
| 8 | This sympathy may have explained the level of applause she got at the end of her opening song , so that she came more confidently to centre for her second . |
| 9 | For the first few months she trembled at the thought of performing an official engagement on her own . |
| 10 | She trembled at the passion in his voice , her whole being coming alive just for him . |
| 11 | He was too far away to hear , even if she shouted at the top of her voice . |
| 12 | She peered at the tangle of brambles inside and shook with excitement : there was a perfect spider 's web today . |
| 13 | She pouted at the shake of his fur hat . |
| 14 | She moved at the end of |
| 15 | She stopped at the edge of a muddied pool lapping all the way across a back lane then leapt across to the other side . |
| 16 | She stopped at the bottom of the steps and listened . |
| 17 | She stopped at the sound of a car in the courtyard . |
| 18 | She stopped at the bridge over the estuary and watched the sea birds swoop over mud , chocolate-brown with slabs of black sheen like coal . |
| 19 | Theda had gone paler than usual , and she grasped at the bedpost for support . |
| 20 | She winced at the size of his tailor 's bill and questioned him going to Harley Street to replace two teeth knocked out in the Gold Cup when there was a perfectly good National Health dentist down the road . |
| 21 | She heard his low , troubled call , ‘ Clare ’ , as she turned at the top of the stairs . |
| 22 | She turned at the sound of footsteps , expecting to see Martin , and was surprised when James Morris strode unannounced into her living-room . |
| 23 | She shrieked at the sting of the blows , which left a red mark down one side of her face . |
| 24 | It seemed louder , more raucous than usual , and she sighed at the prospect of another evening spent listening to the same arguments and bitter reproaches . |
| 25 | Since she was not particularly enamoured of Madame de Montijo it is little wonder that she arrived at the Cathedral in a state of high discontent . |
| 26 | When she arrived at the edge of the covert , she made her way cautiously along its downhill fringes . |
| 27 | When she arrived at the beginning of July , they had a great deal to talk about . |
| 28 | The pensioner , who needed sedation when she arrived at the Countess of Chester hospital , is still not well enough to be fully interviewed by police . |
| 29 | She arrived at the hospital at nine A M , and her condition was diagnosed as toxic shock syndrome or meningitis . |
| 30 | She yelled at the top of her lungs , calling again and again until at last he heard her terrified screams . |