Example sentences of "[verb] as she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom .
2 Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides .
3 Christina 's hand shook as she sipped golden rum from the bottle and passed it to Stephen .
4 ‘ Hymne D'Amour was with Major Hern at two and three , but did n't run as she had all sorts of troubles , ’ she said .
5 Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent .
6 Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters .
7 Anna had been suddenly struck as she pushed open Pricewell 's double glass doors , by the ‘ Vacancy ’ notice pasted to the inside of it .
8 In this latest attack a nineteen year old woman was sexually assaulted as she crossed this footbridge walking home .
9 In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk .
10 ‘ Honestly , ’ Gwen complained as she brought two cups of tea over to the table and sat down , ‘ Matt 's the only one who seems able to cope with him .
11 Towelling herself , she looked out of the window , and paused as she noticed two figures climbing up a path that wound up the side of the mountain .
12 She weeps as she says these words about him :
13 The hectic flush on Isabel 's face gradually faded as she watched fitzAlan leave .
14 She grimaced as she took another swig of Coke .
15 The blind woman quivered as she skryed light years outward through the warp , obeying the disciplines of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica , seeking contact with the mind of some other Astropath serving the fortress-monastery at Vindict V.
16 As far as Marcus had been concerned she had succeeded too well , she admitted as she paid cursory attention to the long dark lashes fringing her clear grey eyes .
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