Example sentences of "she [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page .
2 She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer .
3 She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills .
4 He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips .
5 Bill Hamilton smiled across the room at her and pointed at a side table where drinks and appetising titbits were laid out .
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