Example sentences of "[noun] as she [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hair bare bunch : Christy Turlington proves too sexy for her wig as she sashays for Jean Paul Gaultier |
| 2 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |
| 3 | Dauntless tired of her voice , tired of her bony fingers digging into the cracks of his leather carapace as she clutched for balance astride the horse behind him . |
| 4 | Culley imagined Susan 's gleeful smile as she waited for Yorke to work it out . |
| 5 | Mr Smith , who had left his wife to live with Andria in Slough , was waiting outside her firm as she arrived for work . |
| 6 | I think that was meant to be the — er — general idea , ’ she muttered , staring down at her glass as she strove for composure . |
| 7 | The nails scored the palms of her hands as she fought for control . |
| 8 | Two specially trained women officers twice tried to piece together fragments of the missing 36 hours following Joanna 's abduction at knifepoint as she arrived for work . |
| 9 | The Trunchbull had as great a dislike for long hair on boys as she had for plaits and pigtails on girls and she was about to show it . |
| 10 | The last step but one creaked protestingly and she grimaced apprehensively , her body almost turning to stone as she waited for Dane to suddenly appear and demand to know what she was doing . |
| 11 | A RADIO controller probably heard the voice of the killer of Marie Wilks as she telephoned for help from the M50 motorway , a court was told yesterday . |
| 12 | The sounds mingled in her mind with the harsh cries of the birds as she waited for Sybil to pick up the phone again . |
| 13 | He kissed the damp pulse at her throat as she gasped for breath , exhausted with pleasure . |