Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 2 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 3 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 4 | She gazed around at the paintings which hung on the walls , looking but not really seeing . |
| 5 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 6 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 7 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 8 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 9 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 10 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 11 | Pascoe watched her as she peered out at the lowlife in the streets . |
| 12 | Wiping breath from the window , she peered out at the landmarks , all so distant from the place where she longed to be . |
| 13 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 14 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 15 | Erm , and that 's about it really , erm , she lives in at the minute , and this was a gentleman called in the sky . |
| 16 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 17 | But this time she staggered back at the force of his tongue , invading , probing and making her gasp with unwanted pleasure . |
| 18 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 19 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 20 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 21 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 22 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 23 | She squinted up at the sun . |
| 24 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 25 | She gestured down at the pale lilac , close-fitting , long-sleeved light wool jersey dress she was wearing . |
| 26 | When she arrives back at the WPGET 's headquarters , she will find that Alison Nicholas , a key player in the 1992 Solheim Cup , has handed in her notice as a member of the WPGET 's board . |
| 27 | Shaking her head at the kick , she lashed out at the whole row of stores opposite her cathedral and dispelled them to dust . |
| 28 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 29 | She came out at the head of the stairs and looked down . |
| 30 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |