Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is Jean Shrimpton standing waif-like in a wrinkled raincoat on Tower Bridge ; or tugging at her oversized jumper , one arm gently loped over her head in the hallway of 91 Heigham Road . |
| 2 | And she has promised a reward to whosoever finds the keys : if it is a man , he is to marry the princess and be her husband and true love ; if it is a maiden she will become the princess 's first lady-in-waiting and sit at her left hand . |
| 3 | Sobbing with rage and fear at her utter helplessness compared to the superior weight and strength of the man above her , Isabel could only submit . |
| 4 | He put the papers down when he had finished them and looked at her long and steadily . |
| 5 | Her rolled-up handkerchief was already soaked through but she went on twisting it round and round in her fingers and dabbing at her wet face . |
| 6 | I arranged a number of meetings with various staff : with the director of nursing services to discuss the status of the ENP and to look at her additional skills ; with our business manager to discuss possible auditing tools for the scheme , availability of statistics , and so on ; with the A&E consultant , to look at my long term training needs and the |
| 7 | ‘ Well , that 's once , ’ murmured Isabel sceptically , and grinned at her new sister-in-law . |
| 8 | I stood and looked at her aghast , as there were at least half a dozen screws watching , and writing notes or letters to another prisoner is absolutely forbidden . |
| 9 | He smoked a cigarette and looked at her stubbly hair and bought her another brandy . |
| 10 | Oh I woke up this morning when me alarm went off and looked at her fucking hell . |
| 11 | She murmured good morning , sat down and stared at her open notebook , the tip of her pen poised above the clean page . |
| 12 | ‘ Besides , you promised to lend them your house for their wedding night , ’ he completed blandly , and laughed at her frank astonishment . |