Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She gazed out as the beach gradually emptied of holidaymakers , and felt grateful to Rosie for having persuaded her to come to Samana . |
| 32 | She gazed out over the flat , dark countryside as the lights of Ghent were left behind . |
| 33 | The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea . |
| 34 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 35 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 36 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 37 | Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | She loped over to the rocks and squatted , eyes still on the empty sky , fingers tugging at the lines like every day . |
| 40 | The sign on his door said Engaged , and she smiled as she crept up to the next landing , where she knew the keyhole window that overlooked his study . |
| 41 | No sound came from the garden , so she crept along to the gate and squeezed herself under . |
| 42 | She crept out of the day , back , down again into peace . |
| 43 | After another fond peep at his sleeping face , she crept out of the room , softly closed the door , and gathering up her skirt in order not to trip over the hem on the way down the stairs , swiftly retraced her steps back to the kitchen and Cissie . |
| 44 | She crept back to the door and pressed her ear against it , trying to figure out what was going on outside . |
| 45 | Finally , grabbing the bedcover and wrapping it round herself , she crept back to the head of the stairs . |
| 46 | Returning to the bedroom she crept back to the bed , raised the knife and without a moment 's thought drove it down into the sleeper 's chest . |
| 47 | Using handholds in the wood to steady herself , she crept back along the beam , hauling Simon along with her . |
| 48 | Once or twice when she crept down to the turn in the stairs to see if it was safe to go and get something to eat , she was scared back by the murmur of unfamiliar voices , and saw three or four bicycles parked in the hall , leaning together with their pedals tangled in each others ' spokes , forming an intricate barrier to outside . |
| 49 | She checked out of the Palings and drove away from Longrock with the windows open and the early morning sun strong on her face . |
| 50 | It was dusk by the time she checked out of the Shelbourne ; night was approaching rapidly . |
| 51 | She got up off the bed and went to the door , her heart thumping wildly . |
| 52 | She got up off the floor and went into the kitchen . |
| 53 | She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again . |
| 54 | She got up from the floor and sat on Anna 's knee . |
| 55 | She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws . |
| 56 | As he came in , she got up from the couch and came across , embracing him , her eyes bright with excitement . |
| 57 | Seeing that her employer 's eyes were once again drooping heavily , she got up from the bed . |
| 58 | She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate . |
| 59 | She got up from the bed and started packing , throwing things haphazardly into her bag . |
| 60 | When she got up in the morning , always had amethyst earrings — and she left to me actually — and she always looked absolutely immaculate . |