Example sentences of "her [noun pl] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 2 | The memory of the towers ' electro-sticks back at Mars-U made her fingers fumble at the keys . |
| 3 | When she arched finally , feeling him convulse with a groan between joy and pain , she was swept by waves of pride at the gift that had been given and received , her fingers pulling at the thick dark hair , pushing possessively over the muscles of his back , sliding down the sweat-soaked hollows of his spine to the tight muscles slackening in the aftermath of love . |
| 4 | Her fingers clutched at the light material of his jacket sleeve as though imploring him to listen . |
| 5 | Her eyes widened at the sight of him . |
| 6 | He kept thinking of her pirouetting , her small face impish , then her eyes filling at the memory of her lost doll . |
| 7 | Her eyes gazed at the yellow light on the ceiling . |
| 8 | Her eyes rounded at the sight of so much flesh , although she stepped quite boldly into the room . |
| 9 | Her eyes deepen at the memory . |
| 10 | For a moment her eyes blurred at the memories of happy days , days of innocence . |
| 11 | Her eyes flared at the stinging insult , only too aware that he outstripped her professionally . |
| 12 | She stretched out her hand to click on the bedside light , checked her watch , then lay back , panic subsiding , her eyes staring at the ceiling while the terrible immediacy of the dream began to fade , recognized for what it was , an old spectre returning after all these years , conjured up by the events of the night and by the reiteration of the word ‘ murder ’ which , since the Whistler had begun Iris work , seemed to murmur sonorously on the very air . |
| 13 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 14 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
| 15 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 16 | Sweetheart was sitting in her favourite chair with her legs crossed at the knee and a magazine spread out on the table before her . |
| 17 | He was aware only of Eloise sitting next to him , with her legs crossed at the knee , one delicate ankle encircled by a thin gold chain . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes , you are , Laura , ’ he drawled softly , her limbs trembling at the hard , flat note of certainty in his voice . |
| 19 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |
| 20 | The billows of cloud were gleaming as they moved through the rain , and briefly her senses lifted at the sight , but there was no instant consolation there — only , inside a crowded mind , a sudden increase of space . |
| 21 | Her hands slid up , her fingers running along the strong line of his throat to caress the faintly rough skin along his jaw , her fingertips burning at the contact . |
| 22 | She hated the way her skirts strained at the seams , the way her thighs lolled on her chair , rubbed together when she walked . |
| 23 | ‘ At 'em ! ’ shouted Aunt Clarabel and , with whoops of delight and yells of derision , she and her friends dashed at the new arrivals . |
| 24 | Her oerlikons blazed at the batteries on the harbour wall as Bill Copland calmly marshalled the assault parties . |
| 25 | ‘ Fucking landlord , ’ she was saying , her hands grasping at the bulb . |
| 26 | The Queen remains a remote figure , glacial and impenetrable except when caught by the press cameras watching one of her horses winning at the races . |