Example sentences of "she [verb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The queen-dowager laughed softly , her anxieties relegated to the background as she gazed at her best-loved child . |
| 2 | For a moment she gazed at her beautiful bedroom wallpaper then anger took her , shook her , slapped her into life again . |
| 3 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 4 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 5 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 6 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 7 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 8 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 9 | ‘ When she arrived at his flat one night and told him that she had left me after admitting everything , he was furious . |
| 10 | She flinched at his ill-judged choice of words . |
| 11 | She glanced at her tousled appearance in the mirror , and hesitated . |
| 12 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 13 | She glanced at his tired , drawn face . |
| 14 | She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road . |
| 15 | She glanced at his half-seen profile with the sunset flashing over his cheekbones as the ship banked for landing . |
| 16 | After presenting me with a bag of tomatoes , she glanced at my mangled leg and made the pronouncement . |
| 17 | She quailed at his heartless words , afraid of discovering that her adored father had feet of clay but determined to face the truth . |
| 18 | She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . |
| 19 | She laughed at his outraged expression . |
| 20 | Her arms held out to her sides , she stared at her wet and muddy palms . |
| 21 | Brought suddenly back to a world of misunderstandings , she stared at his broad shoulders in dismay . |
| 22 | She stared at his blank face . |
| 23 | She stared at his ruthless face and felt afraid . |
| 24 | As you can probably tell from my figure , ’ and she looked at her plump legs with satisfaction , ‘ I like my food ! ’ |
| 25 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 26 | Yesterday she looked at her eight-pound new arrival , born at Arrowe Park Hospital , and said : ‘ It was a fabulous moment when the doctors came in with him and let me hold him . ’ |
| 27 | She looked at her handsome companion , who stuck to his sleeked-back hairstyle even when relaxed . |
| 28 | She looked at his broad back , then at the short trousers , and smiled to herself , returning her attention to her coffee . |
| 29 | She looked at his crumpled clothing , and the dark shadow on his jaw . |
| 30 | She looked at his imploring face , and felt a stab of guilt , that he was right , that she 'd better take care … . |