Example sentences of "as she [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood .
2 He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp .
3 The Baronne had retreated behind her mask again , but her lips tightened as she glanced at the label .
4 Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine .
5 The two strangers flanked Dorothy , making her wonder , as she had at the PopCon building , whether she could get away .
6 The Duchess of York waves to residents as she arrives at the Bedford Drive homes in Rock Ferry , and right , chatting to Mark Kinsley Picture : JASON ROBERTS
7 He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window .
8 Caroline 's voice was an appalled croak as she stared at the new arrival .
9 ‘ Our King John ? ’ she asked in surprise as she stared at the ruined fort that overlooked the lough .
10 Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad .
11 ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon .
12 As she stared at the lorry stuck between the flashing lights and the shiny rails , the world seemed to change slightly and a horrible idea formed in her head .
13 Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either .
14 Crawling a little closer to the heat , she wrapped herself up and lay down , pillowing her head on her arm as she stared at the flickering flames .
15 As she waited at the only traffic lights in the main street , her attention was caught as a man came out from a hardware shop .
16 Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches .
17 She no longer knew if she was happy or unhappy , cheerful or depressed , as she gazed at the infant lying in his pram , asleep in his cot , kicking on a rug before the fire .
18 Her deeply lined face was creased into a smile as she gazed at the tiny ear in her hand .
19 As she gazed at the floor , unable to look at him , there flashed across her mind that image of two figures walking together along the path from the beach .
20 She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date .
21 He came in coldness , as she thought at the time , and left in coldness , to go to his grave .
22 As she stiffened at the implied doubt Michele rasped , ‘ I must congratulate you . ’
23 As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street .
24 As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’
25 Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed .
26 Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen .
27 For both occasions she had worn the same hat — an uncompromising chenille turban ; Helen had disposed of it a month ago with the rest of her things and , as she looked at the photographs , felt again the curious dry but slimy touch of it .
28 And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there .
29 Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman .
30 ‘ I do n't know if it will do any good , ’ she said as she looked at the medicine , ‘ but it might .
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