Example sentences of "she [vb -s] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Scientific writers , novelists and poets , ’ she insists at the outset , ‘ can all be found putting forward similar views of humanity , society and nature , often by means of similar language and imagery , ’ |
| 2 | She sits at a tea table with MR . |
| 3 | She sits at the marriage banquet , apparently in a cafe , and the harlequin has just presented her with a bouquet . |
| 4 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 5 | Now she laughs at the recollection . |
| 6 | Her claims to be heard are based on her spiritual topic matter and the historical accident that she writes at a time when she believes more has been revealed about the divine and therefore she possesses ‘ more information ’ than previously . |
| 7 | Her sensitivity at all times to what will run in Cabinet is genuine , even though she always lets colleagues know what she wants at the outset of any discussion . |
| 8 | She lives at the other end , Blackberry Lane , I 'm not sure of the number , but I was told she has a monkey puzzle tree in her front garden . |
| 9 | She looks at the collection with a view to its bearing on garden history . |
| 10 | She looks at the bits of paper on the floor , but she do n't say nothing . |
| 11 | Mary Douglas has dealt with this extensively in Purity and Danger , where , amongst other sources , she looks at the Book of Leviticus in these terms . |
| 12 | She looks at the three hands with detachment , as if they are a still life . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's nothing you could put your finger on … nothing definite … little things … the way she looks at the photographs on the mantelpiece . |
| 14 | ‘ Papa , tell Belle Maman that if she looks at the baby like that , I shall get only her hat in the picture … ’ |
| 15 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 16 | She looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’ |
| 17 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |
| 18 | she looks at the |
| 19 | Sh she shouts at the top of her voice at 'im . |
| 20 | it 's an old , old house but she says at the top of the house |
| 21 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 22 | Zerrer like her assistant Margo , who is busying herself about the Centre supervising clients as they get into their goggles , turns out to be , unsurprisingly , a new age devotee , though she cringes at the mention of the words . |
| 23 | Be careful when she swats at a fly or a spider , she may swat you by mistake . |
| 24 | During this time the egg passes along her oviduct ( egg-laying tube ) so that it is ready for immediate extrusion when she arrives at the nest . |
| 25 | She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | Though Connie knows that individual vision is personal , and does n't have to compromise truth ( the suicide she witnesses at the beginning is described twice , quickly and slowly , close and distant ) , the book itself is finally dependent on recognition . |
| 28 | 2 She stays at the market for 1 hour , then starts to drive home at 40km per hour . |
| 29 | She pulls at the hairs on my chest . |
| 30 | She pulls at the grass , throwing handfuls of dry stalks into the water . |