Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle . |
| 2 | She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore . |
| 3 | She gazed accusingly at the sheepless landscape . |
| 4 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 5 | Lying on her back , stretched flat beneath the sheet , she gazed abstractedly at the oblong of high , cobalt-blue sky framed in the window . |
| 6 | No-one had said whose the other was , but from the tone of their glances Elizabeth guessed he was her husband 's — she glowed inside at the word . |
| 7 | She peered suspiciously at the sheet , now folded neatly at the end of one of the benches . |
| 8 | She peered closely at the surrounding mass of faces , comprising ten of the cleaner or nicer-looking boys from the boarding section , who were whispering and fooling among themselves and taking little notice of her . |
| 9 | She peered intently at the tears in the garments . |
| 10 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 11 | She peered again at the water below and fought with the nausea and the dizziness and the fear . |
| 12 | She peered anxiously at the reddening bruise on Perkin 's cheek , a twin to one on mine . |
| 13 | The air did n't feel sharply cold enough for snow , and Clare hoped it would n't rain ; she peered upward at the dull , grey sky . |
| 14 | She pouted prettily at the playwright . |
| 15 | She dabbed ineffectually at the fine material . |
| 16 | She shrivelled inside at the thought of having to tell Maggie about the accident . |
| 17 | His gaze dropped to her breasts and she shrivelled inside at the contempt in his tone . |
| 18 | She gloated inwardly at the memory . |
| 19 | She poked busily at the concoctions , withdrew the tins from the oven and put them on the scrubbed wooden table to cool . |
| 20 | Sally-Anne 's own preserve was the kitchen , where she ate either at the kitchen table , or , when that was full , at a small card table which was folded up and put away when she had finished . |
| 21 | With a nail brush she scrubbed persistently at the frosted glass of the small window , where something black ( dirt ? or some kind of growth ? ) spread all along the indented patterns on the glass . |
| 22 | She turned quickly at the sound of my footsteps on the gravel . |
| 23 | In a mad impulsive movement , which Molly later insisted was self defence , she jabbed desperately at the oncoming fish . |
| 24 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
| 25 | She sniffed enquiringly at the empty hay rack and looked round at her owner . |
| 26 | She glanced hesitantly at the door . |
| 27 | Chrissie came into the lounge , looking slight and fragile in her housecoat ; she glanced nervously at the two CI5 men . |
| 28 | She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house . |
| 29 | She glanced meaningfully at the linked hands of Juliet and David . |
| 30 | A little later , she glanced again at the book and said : ‘ A side of life I know nothing about . |