Example sentences of "she [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So … do you know my answer ? ’ she whispered at last on a shaky laugh , tightening her fingers round Roman 's hard forearm as he drew her closer against him . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , of course I will , ’ she whispered at last , her pulses racing idiotically fast . |
| 3 | ‘ No , I do n't hate it , ’ she admitted at last , in a low mutter . |
| 4 | ‘ She — er — she thought it would be nice for you to visit her , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 5 | ‘ Ian , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 7 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 8 | A woman with an ‘ afflicted ’ husband told the 1888 Select Committee on Sweating that she ‘ finished ’ four pairs of trousers a day , for which she made at most 1/2d , that her wages were 4d per day less than four years previously , and that after paying her rent , she had 5/ a week on which to keep her three children , her husband and herself . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're leaving for Tracy , ’ she stammered at last . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | There was an old lady in it , but she quit at five to eight . |
| 12 | She gazed at little Ivan , bent down to kiss him . |
| 13 | ‘ All right , I 'll leave , ’ she agreed at last in a low voice . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , all right , ’ she agreed at last . |
| 15 | ‘ I think you 're right , ’ she agreed at last . |
| 16 | ‘ Where exactly are we going ? ’ she asked at last , to switch subjects before Roman could elaborate on his uncomfortable theory , and catch her off guard in the process . |
| 17 | ‘ Why are they here ? ’ she asked at last . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're sure Eleanor 's never been near the stables ? ’ she asked at last , in a small voice . |
| 19 | ‘ Will Eleanor come back again ? ’ she asked at last . |
| 20 | ‘ What was Alain 's father like ? ’ she asked at last when her desire to know about Alain overcame her shyness . |
| 21 | ‘ How long do you intend to stay here ? ’ she asked at last . |
| 22 | ‘ Who are you , Adam ? ’ she asked at last . |
| 23 | She beamed at two scruffy little girls who were pushing a doll 's pram , grotesquely shod in their mother 's high-heeled shoes . |
| 24 | She shouted at those waiting about how she had been unjustly treated . |
| 25 | My mother sighed as she peered at those crowding white sails and topgallants : ‘ If only he were here to see that ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It was probably just concussion , ’ she joked at last . |
| 27 | ‘ Chignell tells me that you want no thanks , ’ he resumed , and she caught at that eagerly . |
| 28 | I think she said Lynn said she finishes at two today . |
| 29 | And so she rose at six and bathed , tapped on Lucy 's door at seven , to a clear ringing ‘ Come in ! ’ |
| 30 | She ventured at last to sit back on her heels , let her hands lie in her lap , and listen . |