Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shared their hurt at the way they were sometimes treated , and was angered by the restrictions that were placed on them . |
| 2 | Of course she sold her house at the wrong time . |
| 3 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 4 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 5 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 6 | Then she caught her breath at the evidence of his arousal , but he stayed so still that , fascinated , she touched him , and felt the jerk of his response as she stroked and encircled his warm , hard flesh in an investigation that was both shy and bold . |
| 7 | She found her husband at the foot of the bed cropuching over a wooden box into which the pipe had been inserted . |
| 8 | She jerked her chin at the box of letters . |
| 9 | She jerked her head at the boy and he went over and turned the knob . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 11 | She brought her hands to her waist and , keeping her elbows out , pushed one forward then the other , as she twisted from side to side ; her face alight , she directed her radiance at the audience , finishing with the invitation , that issued from her lips as a command : |
| 12 | On the contrary she roused my indignation at the two conspicuously Christian aunts who had made her childhood in that dark house at Newport miserable . |
| 13 | Ruefully , she recalled her pleasure at the way the book , after a difficult patch , had begun to develop . |
| 14 | She shakes her head at the memory of the anti-commercial ‘ hardcore ’ aesthetic which prevailed at the time . |
| 15 | She shook her head at the Flower Fairy plates on the living room wall — ‘ reproductions ! ’ |
| 16 | Friends point out she is mature for her age and has become accustomed to the cameras , as her relaxed style showed when she joined her father at the polling booth on election day . |
| 17 | She paid her account at the Imperial Hotel , and with her maid staggering under six hatboxes followed by a small procession of luggage borne by sturdy footmen , she climbed into a victoria to depart for the railway station . |
| 18 | She nodded her head at the cardiac monitor screen over against the far wall . |
| 19 | He smiled across at her , and as she opened her book at the Prologue , she smiled quite sweetly back at him . |
| 20 | She spent her childhood at the family seats at Wolterton in Norfolk and Ilsington in Dorset , and the house in Berkeley Square . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh it 'll be such fun , ’ their mother had said when she kissed them good-bye at the station . |
| 22 | She enjoyed her evening at the theatre with Ben . |
| 23 | She waved her hand at the drinks table . |
| 24 | She waved her arm at the bus , pelting for the bus stop on the other side of the road . |
| 25 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 26 | ‘ She took her insulin at the right time , and ate properly ? ’ |
| 27 | Good-naturedly , she took her place at the end of the line and when Ernest was satisfied with the arrangements , he said : ‘ Watch the birdie ! ’ |
| 28 | I knew she kept her statements at the bank and went and saw the bank manager now and again , but I thought it was only a few hundred . |
| 29 | Then she felt his fingers at the zip of her dress , and breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 30 | But what about ‘ that girl , Marissa ’ … ? ’ she added with a sudden bitterness , her blue eyes flashing with anger as she remembered her treatment at the hands of his beautiful personal assistant . |