Example sentences of "she [verb] at [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips .
2 She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married .
3 She gazed at it for a moment .
4 She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope .
5 She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me .
6 She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared .
7 She stares at me for a moment in her shocked haze of light .
8 What she getting at you for ?
9 She glanced at her for signs of irony and saw none .
10 She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’
11 She stared at him for a long time .
12 Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way .
13 She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression .
14 She stared at him for a moment , then grinned .
15 She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said .
16 She stared at him for a moment , and then , as he gestured impatiently , ‘ But I do n't know how — ’
17 She stared at him for a further moment , then meekly she obeyed and he smiled .
18 She stared at him for a moment .
19 She stared at him for a moment , then flushed .
20 She seemed vaguely familiar to Juliet , and she stared at her for a moment , trying to place where she might have seen her .
21 She stared at it for a couple of minutes , then , with a prolonged sigh , began to take them out and put them back into the cupboards and drawers .
22 She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine .
23 Lifting out the ornament , a beautifully sculpted ballerina on point , she stared at it for a moment , then gave a faint , rather sad smile .
24 She stared at it for a moment , her body feeling frozen , her heart as still as a stone in her chest .
25 She looked at them for a long time .
26 She looked at them for a moment with pleasure and then set the bucket down and turned to Murphy .
27 She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’
28 She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it .
29 She looked at him for a moment as if weighing up the consequences of telling the truth for once .
30 She looked at him for a moment and burst out laughing .
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