Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Jones claims she saw her ex-husband crouching at the foot of the bed with a makeshift gas chamber … a box fixed to a length of piping .
2 She looked round and saw her sister standing at the window , gazing out .
3 Her hair parted at the centre and scraped back in a pony tail , Mara was there as usual , fussing over her regulars , but still the very soul of discretion .
4 Her heart thudded at the voice , and she wondered fleetingly if she was dreaming .
5 Claudia asked , her heart sinking at the idea of Dana rushing from shorts into a wedding dress in the space of a few minutes .
6 ‘ She 's had a blood leakage into the vitreous humour , ’ Belinda explained unnecessarily , her heart thudding at the sight of him .
7 Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape .
8 Nevertheless , her heart sank at the thought of spending an evening with him in his present state of mind , and she was tempted to invent a sore throat in order to get out of it .
9 She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones .
10 Her heart leapt at the sight of him .
11 Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership .
12 Automatically she prepared to go to bed , her mind worrying at the puzzle like a terrier .
13 She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book .
14 ‘ That 's obscene , ’ Ace growled , the hairs on the back of her neck prickling at the thought that a mother could do that .
15 Her mouth tightened at the realisation that , like it or not , she and Dr Arrogant Grant were stuck with each other , for the duration of this trip at least .
16 Her mouth hinted at a passion Claudia had never known , and the curve of her breasts above the green silk promised the fulfilment of every man 's dream .
17 Her mouth twisted at the thought that this time , at least , there was no danger of a nightmare .
18 She raised her weapon to fire at the door .
19 Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room .
20 Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening .
21 Her body lay at the rest in the chapel downstairs , the light filtering in through lancet windows on her oak coffin and the dark-stained , hand-carved pews .
22 Meredith slicked her tongue over her lips and her body jerked at the hunger in Lucenzo 's eyes .
23 Her body chilled at the thought .
24 Jane was spending the summer holidays at the seaside with Charles and three-year-old daughter Victoria while her husband remained at the flat in Regent 's Park .
25 The Judge said there was no evidence other than Mrs Jones word to back up her central claim , that she woke up to find her husband crouched at the end of her bed with a make shift gas chamber .
26 Winnie Mandela was grim-faced as she and her husband arrived at the Soweto Magistrates Court .
27 She came from a housing estate in Tadley , and her husband worked at the Establishment behind the Falcon Gate .
28 Slorne was huddled silently in the top corner of her cage looking at the sky .
29 Her nose wrinkled at the smell of beer , and she kicked off her mink-trimmed bootees as if she were kicking Boyd .
30 But her conscience balked at the idea .
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