Example sentences of "she [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lived at New Houses , and was related to me in a mixed up kind of way — her father and my grandmother were cousins , but what that made me to Miss Bayles I can not imagine ! |
| 2 | She gazed at little Ivan , bent down to kiss him . |
| 3 | She heard the shaken sigh that was torn from him as he brought her body up against the length of his , and the urge to go on fighting him faded as she grasped at fresh knowledge , accepting the fact that this was entirely mutual . |
| 4 | Trained by Richard Hannon , Lemon Souffle has n't run since she scored at scintillating victory in the Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket in July . |
| 5 | She toiled at unending tasks . |
| 6 | She vanished at full tilt towards the kitchen-garden and the orchards . |
| 7 | Sometimes she hinted at young men , she teased him , but more and more , Parr became convinced that she was faithful — as he was to her — because she loved him . |
| 8 | Then she looked at Sabine . |
| 9 | She looked at Sabine with frank wistfulness . |
| 10 | When she looked at poor little Hoomey , she was filled with pity for him being so hopeless . |
| 11 | ‘ Shall I be mother ? ’ she looked at Ven to enquire . |
| 12 | She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . |
| 13 | She smiled at Sabine . |
| 14 | Even though the table excludes those unable to give an appropriate answer on both occasions the answers which were given could mean a variety of different things ; for example , that the respondent really was feeling worried when she said so , or that she thought ‘ worried ’ meant something else , or that she thought the answer meant something else , or that she answered at random . |
| 15 | Twice last week she appeared at stage-managed public engagements with her husband , smiling and gazing at him . |
| 16 | At this Faye sat up , flinging aside covers , in one movement , like a swimmer surfacing , and she glared at Alice as she had at poor Monica . |
| 17 | She pointed at poor Hareton , whose clothes were old and dirty . |
| 18 | For two days she remained at large despite a posse of pupils carrying out an inch-by-inch search of the building . |