Example sentences of "her [noun sg] [verb] at the [noun] " 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 thoughts aroused by the sight of the romantic poet-painter , and Sam 's puppy eagerness to reach him . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones . |
| 11 | Her heart leapt at the sight of him . |
| 12 | Her heart leapt at the words , but she said , ‘ No , thank you — they can recover in their own good time . ’ |
| 13 | Automatically she prepared to go to bed , her mind worrying at the puzzle like a terrier . |
| 14 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's obscene , ’ Ace growled , the hairs on the back of her neck prickling at the thought that a mother could do that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Her mouth twisted at the thought that this time , at least , there was no danger of a nightmare . |
| 18 | Her mouth drooped at the corners . |
| 19 | So well had her work progressed at the Lodge , and so greatly — for all the discomfort — had she enjoyed her solitude , that Louisa momentarily tried defiance ; but she was shivering uncontrollably even as she did so . |
| 20 | Megan Burford , whose business Aquarelle is based at her home in Lansdowne Street , is to have her work displayed at the Princes Trust exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham . |
| 21 | She raised her weapon to fire at the door . |
| 22 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 23 | Her talons grasped the mesh of the cage , her beak strained at the front as if she knew that something important was happening . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Meredith slicked her tongue over her lips and her body jerked at the hunger in Lucenzo 's eyes . |
| 26 | Her body chilled at the thought . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Winnie Mandela was grim-faced as she and her husband arrived at the Soweto Magistrates Court . |
| 30 | She came from a housing estate in Tadley , and her husband worked at the Establishment behind the Falcon Gate . |