Example sentences of "her and [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labrador , a much easier-going animal , edged its way towards her and sprawled at her side , wistfully eyeing her food but much too well mannered to help himself . |
| 2 | The victim was walking along Sunnyside Drive at 11.30pm on Thursday when a man ran behind her and grabbed at her body . |
| 3 | An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat . |
| 4 | He stood over her and fumbled at her coat , opening it . |
| 5 | His eyes narrowed thoughtfully and to her surprise and confusion he suddenly sat beside her on the settee , turning to her and looking at her closely , his gaze roaming over her flushed and beautiful face . |
| 6 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 7 | She clutched her dress to her and looked at him with as much scorn as she could . |
| 8 | He rose above her and looked at her , his gaze moving over her with slow , lingering care , tasting her with his eyes as his hands and mouth had tasted her parted lips , her upthrust breasts , her parted thighs . |
| 9 | Minnie had written to her about how terrible it had been , how Captain Cook had brought his wife up to see a specialist who had examined her and said at once there was nothing to be done , there was no operation possible , and he must take his wife home to die . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 14 | Her father sat beside her and glancing at him she could see that he was quite puffed out with pride . |
| 15 | Roger sat down in the high-backed armchair opposite her and smiled at her . |
| 16 | She saw Terry walking towards her and smiled at him . |
| 17 | He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips . |
| 18 | And you and I can look at her and look at others and say well , we 're not like that we 're exactly the same as that ! |
| 19 | As he headed back across the sound she began to toil up the cliff path , pausing for breath now and then as the wind battered her and tore at her hair , which soon broke free of its restraining scarf and whipped into her eyes , slowing her progress up the wet , slippery path towards the house . |
| 20 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 21 | He made a move towards her and bawled at her to ‘ get out ’ , which she did but not without slamming the door for all she was worth behind her . |
| 22 | Bill Hamilton smiled across the room at her and pointed at a side table where drinks and appetising titbits were laid out . |