Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead .
2 She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others .
3 She opened it at random and placed it on Matilda 's desk .
4 She hated it at first , she would n't drive it .
5 But she hated it at first .
6 She heard me at last .
7 She rang me at half past ten , I 'd forgotten all about it till phone went and I says ooh I 've lost your phone number .
8 She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round .
9 Whichever way her life was goin' she would never have it soft again , not as she saw it at this present moment .
10 ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling .
11 She drank it at one gulp .
12 And that was , you know , that was my grandparents when they retired , you know , he was sixty five , she was younger because she was eighteen when she married him at twenty six you know .
13 She left it at that , opened a cupboard , found coffee cups , a jug , milk and sugar , and laid a tray .
14 Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that .
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