Example sentences of "she [verb] at [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Hathor and her potential victims became exceedingly drunk and merry , so she failed at her task . |
| 2 | Some weeks later , discussing the arts , she admitted the English sense of humour was difficult to understand initially , and only now could she laugh at my greeting of , ‘ Help , I am being bitten by a sanitary towel ! ’ |
| 3 | She was killed by PERSEUS when he held up his shield to her and she gazed at her own reflection . |
| 4 | The queen-dowager laughed softly , her anxieties relegated to the background as she gazed at her best-loved child . |
| 5 | For a moment she gazed at her beautiful bedroom wallpaper then anger took her , shook her , slapped her into life again . |
| 6 | All tiredness was forgotten as she gazed at her daughter . |
| 7 | The girl obeyed , sympathy in her eyes as she gazed at her mistress . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll go up and hear their prayers in a minute , ’ Laura said , managing to summon up a smile as she gazed at her friend . |
| 9 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 10 | She sits at her dressing-table and vigorously brushes her hair , a mop of copper-coloured curls , natural curls , as tight and springy as coiled steel . |
| 11 | On the spectator 's left ( fig. 127 ) a Lapith drags down a Centaur who with right hand against the ground resists the pressure while his left is still buried in a woman 's hair and drags her down with him as she claws at his beard with back-stretched hand . |
| 12 | Caterina knew this was the way things were done ; she glowed at her own craftiness at bringing it about . |
| 13 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 14 | She prodded at her pâté de foie aux truffes de Perigord , rearranged the maigrets de canard on her plate in the hope that she might be able to hide the tender slices of duck under her untouched vegetables , and , when the sweet trolley arrived , with its groaning layers of gâteaux and desserts , she mumbled an excuse to her neighbour and slipped away . |
| 15 | She shouted at her companions , pointing towards the marshland . |
| 16 | She peered at her wristwatch and saw with surprise that it was almost one . |
| 17 | Struggling into a sitting position , she peered at her watch , then called , ‘ Come in . ’ |
| 18 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 19 | She peered at his label and read his name . |
| 20 | She dabbed at her hair , smoothing it . |
| 21 | Finding one , she dabbed at her eyes . |
| 22 | She dabbed at her skirt with a handkerchief . |
| 23 | She caught at his arm . |
| 24 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 25 | She beat at her face , her bosom , her stomach , her hips , with hands which looked as if they were dripping with damson jam . |
| 26 | She beat at her brother 's head , causing him to screech with pain . |
| 27 | She scratches at my skin , and asks again . |
| 28 | She looks at her watch . |
| 29 | She looks at her hands and looks visibly disgusted . |
| 30 | mm , cos listen to what I mean , Ollie goes , I was sitting next to Ollie yeah and she looks at my thingy , yeah , and she goes that 's what , you 've missed out three , so I sat there writing all the nec numbers , yeah , and miss goes the other table and I 'm like oh come on Carla hurry up and do the numbers inside , and I missed , I just could n't , I could n't catch up |