Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’
2 She seated herself at the desk .
3 She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room .
4 She wants me at the birth .
5 Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape .
6 Out in the dark cold hall she stopped him at the foot of the stairs .
7 Every day she meets him at the well , and every day he repeats the same request , till at last she yields .
8 It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill .
9 ( 26 ) Dare she ring him at the office ?
10 Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it .
11 He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror .
12 Actually , she telephoned me at the Lab just before two .
13 She killed herself at the theatre last night . ’
14 She watched her at the mirror .
15 But , to her surprise , when she tied them at the back they were hardly any weight at all .
16 Was she carrying anything at the time ?
17 Although booted and plastered with mud and out of temper with herself and with him , she deposited him at the drawbridge of Sigouri in just over an hour .
18 She said anyone at the party could confirm her story .
19 She spotted them at the door and waved them over .
20 She denied it at the time , but soon she realized that those were his inclinations .
21 She left them at the studio when she called and I have n't her name or address .
22 When she was finished there she hurried back to the kitchen where she washed herself at the sink .
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