Example sentences of "as she [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood . |
| 2 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |
| 3 | The Baronne had retreated behind her mask again , but her lips tightened as she glanced at the label . |
| 4 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |
| 5 | The two strangers flanked Dorothy , making her wonder , as she had at the PopCon building , whether she could get away . |
| 6 | The Duchess of York waves to residents as she arrives at the Bedford Drive homes in Rock Ferry , and right , chatting to Mark Kinsley Picture : JASON ROBERTS |
| 7 | He could tell she was very annoyed by the way she jogged her foot up and down as she stared at the window . |
| 8 | Caroline 's voice was an appalled croak as she stared at the new arrival . |
| 9 | ‘ Our King John ? ’ she asked in surprise as she stared at the ruined fort that overlooked the lough . |
| 10 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |
| 11 | ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon . |
| 12 | As she stared at the lorry stuck between the flashing lights and the shiny rails , the world seemed to change slightly and a horrible idea formed in her head . |
| 13 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
| 14 | Crawling a little closer to the heat , she wrapped herself up and lay down , pillowing her head on her arm as she stared at the flickering flames . |
| 15 | As she waited at the only traffic lights in the main street , her attention was caught as a man came out from a hardware shop . |
| 16 | In keeping with the rest of the terrain , the land formed hills and valleys , and as she gazed at a hillside Lucy thought that never before had she seen so many different shades of green . |
| 17 | Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches . |
| 18 | She no longer knew if she was happy or unhappy , cheerful or depressed , as she gazed at the infant lying in his pram , asleep in his cot , kicking on a rug before the fire . |
| 19 | Her deeply lined face was creased into a smile as she gazed at the tiny ear in her hand . |
| 20 | As she gazed at the floor , unable to look at him , there flashed across her mind that image of two figures walking together along the path from the beach . |
| 21 | She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date . |
| 22 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 23 | He came in coldness , as she thought at the time , and left in coldness , to go to his grave . |
| 24 | As she stiffened at the implied doubt Michele rasped , ‘ I must congratulate you . ’ |
| 25 | The nun was screaming now at the top of her voice ; then for a moment she became still and silent as she looked at a trickle of blood flowing down over her fingers ; and she now screeched again . |
| 26 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |
| 27 | As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’ |
| 28 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 29 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 30 | For both occasions she had worn the same hat — an uncompromising chenille turban ; Helen had disposed of it a month ago with the rest of her things and , as she looked at the photographs , felt again the curious dry but slimy touch of it . |