Example sentences of "[prep] she at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife still knows a person born shortly after her at the same maternity hospital . |
| 2 | But I think there 's also the other end of the scale which is , which is what , you 've slightly amended this year , is the fact of elderly people erm , I know recently that myself have gone through the fact of my gran had er , was going through a very sick period , and if she 'd have come back home , it would have been very difficult for me to have had to look after her at the same time as trying to attend my council duties , and this would have been the same for my dad , and the additional income which this would have brought , to have paid someone to be able to look after her whilst we were at council meetings , and you can remember that these meetings sometimes go on , you can say well , this meeting should be over by one o'clock then it goes on till three o'clock or whatever , and then peop , the problems mount up for that person left on their own , and I think that those things have to be taken into consideration , and I believe that this is the first step forward in trying to recognise that people have responsibilities outside of the council chamber . |
| 3 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
| 4 | Corbett stared past her at the timbered house . |
| 5 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 6 | She held her breath for a moment and then the tears and the breath burst out of her at the same time . |
| 7 | ‘ I just called by to give Guy a message from my father , ’ the blonde was murmuring , glancing behind her at the half-open front door , then smiling at Virginia with such patent insincerity that she 'd have laughed if she had n't felt like crying her heart out instead … |
| 8 | Victor had bragged , absurdly , that he 'd had a five a.m. rendezvous with her at a private house in Cadogan Square , just before her flight to Poland , and that ‘ the earth had moved ’ . |
| 9 | Laura shared rooms in the small terraced house with Alice Cox , a young lady who worked with her at a local Post Office . |
| 10 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , anyway , ’ Lisabeth went on grumpily , ‘ she did ring and she wants you to get in touch with her at the local National Insurance office . |
| 12 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 13 | Something twisted inside her at the naked emotion that flashed for a moment across his face . |
| 14 | Blanche looked round her at the wallpapered walls and the flounced pink curtains and said , ‘ How very nice . |
| 15 | She looked round her at the luxurious suite and shuddered . |
| 16 | And she did , leaving a very bewildered Ellie to look round her at the well-equipped kitchen and the gently steaming kettle . |
| 17 | Carrie looked about her at the crackling fire and a fair semblance of tidiness in the kitchen . |
| 18 | ‘ It is necessary to have connections , you do not understand , ’ she told me when I remarked on the fact , though even the normally impassive Czechs leapt to their feet and gallantly opened doors for her at every available opportunity . |
| 19 | After opening nights at Blackpool , she would snub John ; when he waited for her at the front entrance with their car and chauffeur she would deliberately slip out of the Stage Door and go home by tram . |
| 20 | And me feeling so angry with her , and sorry for her at the same time . |
| 21 | He looked for her and came to talk to her at every possible moment , at milking , butter-making , cheese-making , among chickens and among pigs . |
| 22 | A framed certificate was presented to her at the Good Companions ' meeting last week by chairman Janet Gill . |
| 23 | And naturally his only means of getting in touch would be to write to her at the one address he knew : Elise 's cottage . |
| 24 | A year later to the day he had proposed to her at the same table . |
| 25 | That much Miguel had volunteered to her at an early stage . |
| 26 | She made the headlines by having a glass of wine thrown over her at the plushy Caprice restaurant in London . |
| 27 | But an odd sense of hurt washed over her at the scornful sound Guy made at her silent acquiescence . |
| 28 | To her consternation , he laughed , and ice washed over her at the harsh sound . |
| 29 | The waiter , a cocky Italian who flicked his buttocks at her at the least opportunity , eyed her patronisingly and made attempts to chat her up in feeble English . |
| 30 | Then she looked around her at the other smiling faces , and remembered why the policemen were there . |