Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they 're talking about it , ’ my mother said , dipping her head towards the table and holding her Paisley-pattern scarf to her throat as she nibbled tentatively at a large cream cake . |
| 2 | She nodded curtly at a respectful errant mother then stooped to the car window . |
| 3 | She started violently at a knock on the door . |
| 4 | He watched her as she went past at a walk , the black Labrador and he both gazing wistfully , their breath steaming in the cold February morning . |
| 5 | She felt suddenly at a disadvantage . |
| 6 | She scraped away at a pan in silence for a while . |
| 7 | Everyone stopped where they were and stared as she pointed dramatically at a dark green house plant which stood on some kind of plinth behind the seat she 'd been allocated . |
| 8 | She picked absent-mindedly at a piece of lint on one long denim-clad leg , unable for the moment to look into her friend 's probing blue eyes . |
| 9 | She picked listlessly at a plate of Sole bonne femme while Preston ate something called a Scampi provençale in a kind of nervous frenzy . |