Example sentences of "[vb past] at her [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1863 the 200-ton brig Comet sank at her Funchal anchorage , and in 1877 the schooner Patagonia went ashore near Ponta São Lourenço . |
| 2 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 3 | Ruth nibbled at her coloured pencil . |
| 4 | It 's your body , ’ she said , amazed at her good humour . |
| 5 | Is it important enough to drag him out of bed ? ’ she asked sarcastically , amazed at her inner strength . |
| 6 | She lay beneath him , shy again , amazed at her own feelings . |
| 7 | Padding across the shaggy lawn in her slippers , she was accompanied by a tortoise-shell cat which repeatedly darted at her pink pom-poms . |
| 8 | She decided not to see Phil and his band Genesis even though he 's a friend who played at her 30th birthday party in the Savoy Hotel and she has no engagements that evening . |
| 9 | Mrs Clamp nodded at her much-salted fish and sipped her tea . |
| 10 | As Jenna stepped out of the car there was only silence and she frowned at her own stupidity . |
| 11 | When Frances arrived at her new home , to be followed weeks later by her children and their nanny , she had every hope that the children would be relatively unaffected by her marital breakdown , especially as Sarah and Jane were away at boarding-school . |
| 12 | When she arrived at her own gate , she saw a large black Mercedes motor-car parked outside . |
| 13 | She was gone before they could utter a sound and arrived at her own room grinning widely , pleased with herself and only a little upset that Felipe was with that woman . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , that 's once , ’ murmured Isabel sceptically , and grinned at her new sister-in-law . |
| 15 | The Ralarth ‘ Wares grinned at her receding figure , but Murtach was sombre . |
| 16 | She glanced at her tousled appearance in the mirror , and hesitated . |
| 17 | He glanced at her draggled hair beside Marion 's flowing curls , and started to grin . |
| 18 | He glanced at her blue satin blouse . |
| 19 | Instead he glanced at her delicate china tea-cup and saucer and marvelled afresh that he had never , in all his life , actually seen her eat . |
| 20 | Katherine glanced at her small watch . |
| 21 | She glanced at her own reflection in the mirror and the answer came with the suddenness of a hammer blow . |
| 22 | Alice glanced at her own hands , small , neat , the nails immaculately well maintained , and covered with a transparent varnish to protect them from the world . |
| 23 | He glanced at her left hand . |
| 24 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 25 | He glanced at her woebegone face , his eyes intent and probing . |
| 26 | He glanced at her Little Nell attire , the white pantaloons peeping out from under layers of petticoats , the bright blue skirt , white shawl , and the becoming poke bonnet . |
| 27 | As she stared entranced at her own image , Folly felt a warming in her cheeks , and watched as a flush spread down from face to neck to breasts , dying the tender peaks a deeper hue . |
| 28 | ‘ When I 've thought about it , ’ Maggie mused , surprised at her own reluctance . |
| 29 | She moaned softly , returning his kisses , sliding her hands up and down his back , glorying in his unrestrained response as he shuddered at her exploratory touch . |
| 30 | She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . |