Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're only looking at her body ! |
| 2 | stoutly denied by Herr Nordern , strange gluts of — equally stoutly defended by him , memorable meals of the past , the coming party , and , although Omi barely spoke a word , sitting silently , merely picking at her meal , Karl kept up a lively alert manner which belied his years . |
| 3 | The woman did n't remove her arms from the curd , only nodded at her son and then at the bucket of peelings . |
| 4 | Then she suddenly slapped at her apron pocket . |
| 5 | Paige could only pick at her meal , forcing down a mouthful or two . |
| 6 | Bitter disappointment caused her to merely pick at her breakfast until suddenly she was startled by the sound of his deep voice coming from behind her . |
| 7 | And that was just what they did , although Beth only picked at her food , her heart too full to eat . |
| 8 | She had spent the evening smouldering with resentment after his callous dismissal of her father 's death , but now the biblical phrases Luke had employed earlier were suddenly hammering at her brain and heightening her agitation , although she suspected that she was playing into his hands by allowing them to do so . |
| 9 | Jenna glared at him , her cheeks burning hot , and she was pleased to see that he looked satisfyingly startled at her temper . |
| 10 | He would not answer at her call . |
| 11 | She might well have owned that it was the other way round and that Rosemary 's husband had been the one to do the leaving , Leith realised , when her mother retorted , ‘ Well , she 's not living at her flat , is she ? |
| 12 | Miss Linnet Gage , who disliked Cara , had already hinted at her dishonesty . |
| 13 | Constance could not look at her mother . |
| 14 | She 's got seven million quid , and just look at her face . |
| 15 | Just look at her mother and the rest of them . ’ |
| 16 | Next morning , as soon as Polly was washed and dressed , she rushed outside to look at her privet bird . |
| 17 | He persistently called at her home , sent letters and made phone calls . |
| 18 | For whatever reason , after his initial expressionless stare , he had attached himself to her , at first dawdling behind , then circling round her , as might a stray dog , and finally trotting at her side . |
| 19 | Noise had become Ariel 's lot : she , who had lifted her feet and put them down again so quietly on the slopes that birds did not stir at her passing , was used to hearing a single song in her head at any one time . |
| 20 | A Darlington woman wrote to Mr Tempest at his Wakefield home saying George had been best man at her wedding in 1947 and lived in Pierremont Road . |
| 21 | Ironically , almost fifty years later , his son Trevor , also a club captain , secured an even longer stretch at Her Majesty 's pleasure . |
| 22 | But the rook paid her no attention , did not fly at her crying in a human voice Go back ! |
| 23 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 24 | He had seemed genuinely dismayed at her news but gallantly offered his congratulations when she had explained the reason . |
| 25 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 26 | I know , for instance , that I am Marie Romanov , struggling through snowdrifts in the Winter Palace in Petersburg , and finding the gold clock still ticking at her bedside . |
| 27 | She still slept at her flat , where Jack either spent the night , as under the previous arrangement , or arrived back very late ‘ not disturbing ’ Franca , who had until today ( also without comment ) continued to sleep in the upper bedroom . |
| 28 | Sally was staring into space , still plucking at her pearl choker in agitation . |
| 29 | I duly called at her house in Thistle Street . |
| 30 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |