Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 2 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 3 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 4 | Lacuna appeared distracted , her face frozen in surprise as she gazed unseeingly at the ceaseless struggle . |
| 5 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 6 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 7 | She gazed again at the peaceful scene in front of her until her eyes rested on an old Severn Punt lying high and dry on the foreshore . |
| 8 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 9 | She gazed accusingly at the sheepless landscape . |
| 10 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 11 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 12 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 13 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 14 | Lying on her back , stretched flat beneath the sheet , she gazed abstractedly at the oblong of high , cobalt-blue sky framed in the window . |
| 15 | No-one had said whose the other was , but from the tone of their glances Elizabeth guessed he was her husband 's — she glowed inside at the word . |
| 16 | She peered suspiciously at the sheet , now folded neatly at the end of one of the benches . |
| 17 | She peered closely at the surrounding mass of faces , comprising ten of the cleaner or nicer-looking boys from the boarding section , who were whispering and fooling among themselves and taking little notice of her . |
| 18 | She peered intently at the tears in the garments . |
| 19 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 20 | She peered again at the water below and fought with the nausea and the dizziness and the fear . |
| 21 | She peered anxiously at the reddening bruise on Perkin 's cheek , a twin to one on mine . |
| 22 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 23 | The air did n't feel sharply cold enough for snow , and Clare hoped it would n't rain ; she peered upward at the dull , grey sky . |
| 24 | Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets . |
| 25 | Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be . |
| 26 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 27 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 28 | She pouted prettily at the playwright . |
| 29 | She dabbed ineffectually at the fine material . |
| 30 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |