Example sentences of "at [adv] she [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat . |
| 2 | All at once she fell back against her pillows , a grim smile playing about her mouth . |
| 3 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 4 | All at once she felt oddly threatened . |
| 5 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |
| 6 | When they were mad with one another , at least she knew where she was , how she should behave … |
| 7 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 8 | Whatever he was up to , whatever his intentions towards her , at least she 'd just discovered something about her feelings towards him . |
| 9 | At least she 'd never seen one . |
| 10 | She thought , listening to the famous film director , that she had not had an experience of oppression , of violence , at least she had not experienced her life in those terms ) : Your interpretation of women sees them as objects of desire , images in advertisements , pin-ups — how are you going to express the inner thoughts of Black Panthers ? |
| 11 | At least she had not compounded her remark by backing it up with an astrologer 's predictions . |
| 12 | She seemed to have been a reasonable kind of mother to Jenny ; at least she had n't stimulated any of the strong resentments which seemed to lie uneasily dormant in most daughters , especially those very fond of their fathers . |
| 13 | At least she had n't had to wait over the lunch-hour . |
| 14 | At least she had n't cried on his shoulder again . |
| 15 | It all hurt , but at least she had now got back at him , and she did n't have to see his face to know he was furious . |
| 16 | At least she did n't gossip , I 'll give her that . |
| 17 | But at least she did n't look starving or thin . |
| 18 | At least she did n't ask why I kept my curtains closed in the daytime . |
| 19 | At least she did n't think so ; she used to scold Constanza for saying they were rich , when of course they were for Italy . |
| 20 | She tore it open in a frenzy ; she would go home , at once , tomorrow , at least she was appreciated there , well anyway by her father , at least she did n't make a fool of herself — ; |
| 21 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 22 | Jessica admitted freely that she was a cottage-dweller , one of the idle rich that cluttered up the streets and strands of Donegal from May to September , but at least she did n't drive a gas-guzzling BMW like some she could mention . |
| 23 | But at least she did not squint and his cast seemed more noticeable than ever in the morning , as if sleeping refreshed it . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're a bit young for getting sons , Gabriel , ’ she said , but at least she did not laugh . |