Example sentences of "at her [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began to scream , high , sharp screams that tore at her chest and hurt her throat . |
| 2 | She glanced at her friend and managed a smile . |
| 3 | She marvelled at her friend and abhorred the expression of disgust she saw on Demian 's face . |
| 4 | She looked at her friend and wanted to ask whether she had a few days to spare , because that was how long any description of him would take . |
| 5 | Maggie yelled , grabbing at her hair and pushing the swirling strands off her face furiously . |
| 6 | She 'd be very antagonistic when I was putting the jesses on , so the first thing she would do when I picked her up was pull at her feet and try to work herself loose . |
| 7 | The woman stood there with the bags at her feet and said out loud , to no one , not to O , not to the child , not to the singer , just stood there and threw her head back and stood there , framed against the blue sky and green hills of France , with the train leaving now , she screamed out loud , over and over , oh fuck , fuck , fuck , fuck , fuck . |
| 8 | He seized the hall in his teeth , brought it back to his mistress , dropped it at her feet and waited expectantly . |
| 9 | In the epicentre of the maelstrom , with the moon at her feet and crowned with the stars was Maggie , surprisingly unmoved . |
| 10 | Monique Lavaux deposited the dog at her feet and vanished into the house , to return almost immediately with a tall jug , clanking with ice , and two tumblers . |
| 11 | She picked up the bags at her feet and plodded to the white wooden door , feeling in her bag for the key . |
| 12 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 13 | Carrie sighed to herself as she threw the soiled towelling napkin in an enamel bucket at her feet and placed the dean and folded napkin under the baby 's bottom . |
| 14 | Jinny looked down at her feet and spoke very quickly , so that he could not interrupt her . |
| 15 | She smiles brightly at her companion and enquires : |
| 16 | Dana looked at her twin and laughed . |
| 17 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 18 | For a moment he was tempted to keep on climbing , to knock at her door and tell her that something was wrong ; but what then ? |
| 19 | She glared at her sister and kicked her under the table . |
| 20 | THE Philippine President , Mrs Corazon Aquino , lashed out at her enemies and mobilised popular support behind her beleaguered government yesterday at a rally attended by thousands of Filipinos . |
| 21 | President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines lashed out at her enemies and mobilised popular support behind her beleaguered government during a rally attended by thousands of Filipinos . |
| 22 | Mandy managed to pull herself away from the glasses long enough to roll green eyes at her cousin and wrinkle her freckled nose . |
| 23 | This time she more or less flew straight to me , and I felt confident enough to fly her another three or four times , each one successfully , although eventually I sensed she was losing interest , fretfully tearing at her jesses and gazing round . |
| 24 | In her living room she took the bundle of replies to her ad in the New Statesman , settled at her desk and wrote to Michael who was an architect and described himself as outgoing . |
| 25 | Alex sat down at her desk and took several very deep breaths . |
| 26 | She threw herself down at her desk and read Nicola 's note through yet again , the sparkle of excitement in her eyes . |
| 27 | One thing about having a job , she thought , sitting down at her desk and leafing through the messages which had been left for her , it certainly takes your mind off your worries . |
| 28 | Late one afternoon , after a particularly demanding day , she sat down at her desk and burst into tears . |
| 29 | She sat down at her desk and sorted through her mail . |
| 30 | Blanche stared at her desk and nodded . |