Example sentences of "she [vb past] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 2 | She heard the shaken sigh that was torn from him as he brought her body up against the length of his , and the urge to go on fighting him faded as she grasped at fresh knowledge , accepting the fact that this was entirely mutual . |
| 3 | She demonstrated at five group stores in the Osaka region throughout October . |
| 4 | Trained by Richard Hannon , Lemon Souffle has n't run since she scored at scintillating victory in the Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket in July . |
| 5 | Helen believed unshakeably in his genius and was determined to enable him to realize his potential as a writer — a poet , like Shelley , she believed at this rime — without sacrificing her own strong desire for freedom of independent action , untrammelled by the stuffy conventions of the elders she suspected of hypocrisy . |
| 6 | She seemed at any rate , to satisfy lodgers . |
| 7 | She vanished at full tilt towards the kitchen-garden and the orchards . |
| 8 | She marvelled at this phenomenon , but was humbly grateful that her mind worked in this way . |
| 9 | She laughed at that expression which she had n't heard in years . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was as well that it was she and not her sister who was here , she thought at one point — and then immediately realised how ridiculous that thought was . |
| 11 | She knew at that moment that she wanted to injure every penis that ever came into her hand . |
| 12 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 13 | ‘ Ingested that from which she died at that meal ? ’ |
| 14 | She looked at 100 village plans and assessed them as regular or partly regular . |
| 15 | She looked at each side of the gate , but a thick hedge divided the wood from the field . |
| 16 | She looked at this moment more terrifying than ever before . |
| 17 | She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ . |
| 18 | She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . |
| 19 | She felt at one level that this was no worse than she deserved . |
| 20 | Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment . |
| 21 | Had never felt the exquisite excitement that she felt at this moment . |
| 22 | How foolishly happy she had been earlier that evening , and how ridiculous she felt at this moment , all her dreams crushed and shattered around her slowly dragging feet . |
| 23 | She gasped at this admission , then realised he was just looking for ways to beat himself up . |
| 24 | Never in her life had she felt less like eating than she did at this moment . |
| 25 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 26 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 27 | What do you mean ? she said At that point I gave up . |
| 28 | ‘ My father would have wanted music with it , ’ she said at one point . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know , David , ’ she said at one moment when they had finished their pasta . |
| 30 | " How dreadful , " she said at last It s a wonder any of them survive in there . |