Example sentences of "her [noun] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects .
2 She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog .
3 Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool .
4 She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river .
5 Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath .
6 Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her .
7 Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs .
8 She sat in her study and stared at the telephone .
9 She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support .
10 To illustrate the conceptual basis of her thinking when arriving at a public relations platform on which to build a campaign for a consumer client , no better example could be found than her approach to the problem of one international manufacturing giant .
11 In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen .
12 Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer .
13 Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer .
14 She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground .
15 Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm .
16 But her mother 's letter introduced into her head again that debilitating pressure she had felt in hospital — the feeling which was the opposite of sitting in her watch-tower and gazing at the sky .
17 She immediately sprang to her feet and shouted at the top of her voice : ‘ HEY HAL .
18 Or stretch her limbs and laugh at the careworn ways of her elders ?
19 Claudia sat behind her desk and looked at the date to which Myra had just drawn her attention .
20 She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed .
21 But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ?
22 She lay on her back and laughed at the sky .
23 Leonora turned on her back and stared at the ceiling .
24 Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body .
25 She 's in bed now , lying on her back and staring at the ceiling .
26 ‘ He 's in love with God , ’ said Lydia , rolling on to her back and staring at the sky .
27 Christine squirmed in her chair and stared at the carpet .
28 Since she 'd been wearing her seatbelt and travelling at a very slow speed , she was n't hurt , but the shock was enough to make her tremble .
29 Victoria turned over in her sleep and cooed at a dream .
30 Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling .
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