Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 2 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
| 3 | She phoned him at all hours of the day and night , ranting sometimes , crying others . |
| 4 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 5 | Jenna began awkwardly , and he suddenly gave a shout of laughter , vaulting the fence and then reaching to lift her over as if she weighed nothing at all . |
| 6 | He flung the guitar on to a chair , and bent down to pick Shelley up bodily instead , lifting her as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 7 | If she felt the presence of a man she had never known here in this house , just how much did Marguerite feel his presence and just how much did she need it at this time ? |
| 8 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 9 | ‘ It is ; she does these things well — but why the hell does she do them at all ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 11 | She opened it at random and placed it on Matilda 's desk . |
| 12 | She hated it at first , she would n't drive it . |
| 13 | But she hated it at first . |
| 14 | She heard nothing at all . |
| 15 | She heard me at last . |
| 16 | She rang me at half past ten , I 'd forgotten all about it till phone went and I says ooh I 've lost your phone number . |
| 17 | She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round . |
| 18 | Whichever way her life was goin' she would never have it soft again , not as she saw it at this present moment . |
| 19 | She felt nothing at all . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling . |
| 21 | ‘ She did nothing at all . |
| 22 | She had nothing at all to go on , I thought , except that phone call , and she naturally would n't admit to having listened to that . |
| 23 | She drank it at one gulp . |
| 24 | And that was , you know , that was my grandparents when they retired , you know , he was sixty five , she was younger because she was eighteen when she married him at twenty six you know . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't imagine she likes it at all , ’ said Mr Aycliffe 's level voice from the library doorway . |
| 26 | In this sense , the definition of standards and routines can be seen as a defensive process : the housewife is defending herself against the allegation that she does nothing at all . |
| 27 | She does it at that desk and I 'll think she 's writing letters . ’ |
| 28 | She left it at that , opened a cupboard , found coffee cups , a jug , milk and sugar , and laid a tray . |
| 29 | Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that . |
| 30 | She wanted nothing at all from her father and she was about to tell Alain Lemarchand so in no uncertain terms . |