Example sentences of "she [vb past] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She lived at New Houses , and was related to me in a mixed up kind of way — her father and my grandmother were cousins , but what that made me to Miss Bayles I can not imagine !
2 She toiled at unending tasks .
3 While they talked she glanced at three photographs framed on a shelf .
4 Sometimes she hinted at young men , she teased him , but more and more , Parr became convinced that she was faithful — as he was to her — because she loved him .
5 She clutched at these landmarks as her heart soared like a kite , time day and place an anchor to the swooping light of love .
6 She looked at all sorts of alternative medicine and found that homeopathy was very effective for Angela 's condition of breathlessness and collapse .
7 She looked at these objects in my hands for some time and then raised her eyes to my face .
8 Sod that for a lark , thought Lipman , who felt anxious to flash her felt at all costs .
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