Example sentences of "she [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Scientific writers , novelists and poets , ’ she insists at the outset , ‘ can all be found putting forward similar views of humanity , society and nature , often by means of similar language and imagery , ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So … do you know my answer ? ’ she whispered at last on a shaky laugh , tightening her fingers round Roman 's hard forearm as he drew her closer against him . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , of course I will , ’ she whispered at last , her pulses racing idiotically fast . |
| 4 | She phoned , and she goes at no she goes , she said to mummy that she 's gon na drop off some clothes cos they have n't been washed erm let , one of them lot washing . |
| 5 | Nothing in her life so far had prepared Laura for the shock she experienced at the sheer animal magnetism projected by the stranger . |
| 6 | She turns at once to the Women 's page , where there is a Posy Simmonds strip cartoon adroitly satirizing middle-aged , middle-class liberals , an article on the iniquities of the Unborn Children ( Protection ) Bill , and a report on the struggle for women 's liberation in Portugal . |
| 7 | Without her I would n't be here , ’ she admitted at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I do n't hate it , ’ she admitted at last , in a low mutter . |
| 9 | ‘ She — er — she thought it would be nice for you to visit her , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 10 | ‘ Ian , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted at last . |
| 12 | Both Hathor and her potential victims became exceedingly drunk and merry , so she failed at her task . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you suggesting a purchase ? ’ she flung at him . |
| 14 | ‘ Casanova , ’ she flung at him darkly . |
| 15 | Would you really , ’ she flung at him , ‘ sink as low as that ? ’ |
| 16 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd have to be obtuse to do so , ’ she flung at him , then changed the subject abruptly by saying , ‘ I really do believe that Ling is a wise man . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe there 's such a thing as having too much of a good thing , ’ she flung at him caustically . |
| 19 | The look she flung at him now was one of incredulity . |
| 20 | At about the same time as Jayne and Dave were tying the knot , creative director Nadia Marks was limbering up for the 20th anniversary of her wedding to writer husband Graham , whom she met at art school . |
| 21 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 22 | She read at night by torchlight , her own little door open onto the sandy hillside . |
| 23 | She quivered at the slide of his hand around the sensitive skin behind her ears , and tried to shake his hands off her hair without success . |
| 24 | She lunged at Barton who ducked . |
| 25 | She attacked at once : ‘ I suppose she 's told you that this is no longer my home so you think you can come and go as you please . |
| 26 | Now her head dipped as she pried at the fissure of a half-split nail . |
| 27 | Quickly , she put on her coat and hat , looking round fearfully as if she expected at any moment to feel Sikes ' heavy hand on her shoulder . |
| 28 | Was even she appalled at the prospect he was unfolding ? |
| 29 | If she laid at dawn , like most birds , she would have to have prepared the day before . |
| 30 | Yet if she plays at telling the truth , she also plays with the telling of the truth . |