Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She challenged Vi with her eyes , demanding she should stay at the table . |
| 2 | It is one of the requirements of any British Prime Minister that every Tuesday and Thursday between 3.15 and 3.30 p.m. he or she should appear at the dispatch box and answer questions from MPs on any subject . |
| 3 | She could n't cope in the wild with three legs though so she 'll stay at the centre . |
| 4 | So she 'll settle at the table , flushed , exalted , imperious , resolute — anyway , thoroughly pissed off — and I 'll get the ball rolling with something like , |
| 5 | Maybe she 'll apply at the hospital then if she 's a qualified cook , they 're in and out of there like , like nobody 's business the cooks , they ca n't , well they do n't stay long |
| 6 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 7 | And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table . |
| 8 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 9 | She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes |
| 10 | She could look at a row of colours for hours and never be bored . |
| 11 | you know , prices were moving , prices were moving up , she could afford at the beginning , what the price Daisy went up to , she could n't afford , she 's renting somewhere now |
| 12 | Lili had bought it because it was the only work in English she could find at the bookstall . |
| 13 | The only glimmer of light she could see at the moment seemed to come from the cheerful faces of the Rafferty children whenever they arrived on the Four Winds doorstep . |
| 14 | Although she 'd protest at the mere notion , she sacrificed a possible future career as a contralto — to put marriage and the family first . |
| 15 | Rella would point to the sixth dot and say solemnly : ‘ This is here , ’ and she 'd point at the floor , to make sure I understood . |
| 16 | One thing that he noticed ; every now and again she 'd glance at the uncurtained window , as if she was checking the progress of the oncoming darkness . |
| 17 | Of course , she 'd get at the boy if she could . |
| 18 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 19 | I 'd go off to work , and she 'd look at the script and say : ‘ Who are you working with today , what are you doing ? ’ |
| 20 | The automatic clothes dryer does not save a woman the four or five hours a week she used to spend at the clothes line , if , for instance , she runs her washing machine and dryer every day … |
| 21 | Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her . |
| 22 | Yeah , well she used to work at the station in the offices . |
| 23 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 24 | She would leave at the first opportunity , and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart . |
| 25 | In the hall she would put on her hat and , lulling all suspicions of decay and its mortifications to rest in the conviction of her own economical and resourceful genius , with Gigi on her shoulder , she would stand at the head of the basement staircase screaming ( Gigi would scream too ) for Silly-Willie and Brigid to come and take her instructions and give their assistance while she created some nauseating delicacy for Dada 's dinner . |
| 26 | She would appear at the gates of the Waaf Site about 10.45pm , armed with a torch half the size of the Flamborough lighthouse , when upwards of a dozen couples would be propping up the fence saying goodnight . |
| 27 | Her mother was killed in a train accident and her father , without looking at her , for he very rarely looked at her , told her that she would continue at the local school . |
| 28 | She wanted to be able to sit there and be like them , to sit there and sip Coke and not to have to worry about whether she would laugh at the right moments . |
| 29 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 30 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |