Example sentences of "she [verb] at his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazed at his dark face , abruptly appalled . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She peered at his label and read his name . |
| 4 | She caught at his arm . |
| 5 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 6 | He did n't even look up as she stopped at his elbow , apparently made aware of her presence by some kind of sixth sense . |
| 7 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 8 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 9 | She bridled at his tone , irritated hugely by his assumption that she 'd simply drop everything to dance to his bidding . |
| 10 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 11 | Alistair had not been a published screenplay writer long enough to respond to , or even recognize , this graphic proposition ( though he did keep the telephone number she threw at his feet ) . |
| 12 | Cross with herself and deflecting it to him , she hammered at his shoulders . |
| 13 | She shook at his shoulders . |
| 14 | She kneaded at his chest in an agony of rapture before clinging , nails biting into him as he drove deeper , striking into the heart of her desire with a passion that convulsed them both and hurtled them to a zenith of sensation stunning in its ferocity . |
| 15 | ‘ When she arrived at his flat one night and told him that she had left me after admitting everything , he was furious . |
| 16 | Three or four minutes later he heard a female with an Irish accent enquiring who wanted her : after a few cheery exchanges with the other inmates , she arrived at his pen . |
| 17 | She frowned at his prescription sheet , which she had removed from the bed-table when she called me out . |
| 18 | She flinched at his ill-judged choice of words . |
| 19 | She followed at his heels . |
| 20 | She listened to the way he spoke and began imitating his careful diction , and her natural grace was an asset when she walked at his side . |
| 21 | She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road . |
| 22 | She glanced at his half-seen profile with the sunset flashing over his cheekbones as the ship banked for landing . |
| 23 | She glanced at his tired , drawn face . |
| 24 | She glanced at his leg again . |
| 25 | She glanced at his face and found it engrossed . |
| 26 | Antoine might have been blind on all normal frequencies but he knew how to assemble his do-it-yourself rig by touch and she marvelled at his deftness . |
| 27 | Late that evening she knocked at his study door and tried again . |
| 28 | One possibility is that the sexy senorita will stumble on his dark secret when she calls at his home as his male lover is leaving . |
| 29 | She grabbed at his clothes to pull him back . |
| 30 | ‘ Rune — I — ’ She grabbed at his shoulders for support as her head swam . |