Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] [adv] as she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hit my face as hard as she could . |
| 2 | Scarlet had been willing to admit the truth of her words but had ceased too soon to concentrate , her mind already elsewhere as she wondered whether , if she could express herself differently and more coherently , her therapist might not have another , and a clearer , image of her . |
| 3 | Bravely , she shut her mind as firmly as she could against the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows cast by great trees or trod across soggy glades that made her think with a shudder of hidden bogs . |
| 4 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 5 | " Please , Great-grandfather , do n't let my father be angry with me for what Kim did , " she prayed silently , closing her eyes as tightly as she could in an effort to add force to her thoughts . |
| 6 | She made herself breathe through her mouth as slowly as she could to hush her own sounds , and inhaled the odours of the earth with her own warm respiration . |
| 7 | Turning , she hobbled back to her room as fast as she could and took her jewel box out of the drawer . |
| 8 | Emily sighed heavily , no more would she sit beneath those trees reading or idling away her days so carelessly as she had done , was it only a few short weeks ago ? |
| 9 | She should have done so ages ago ; and if she knew her friend as well as she thought she did , then she would be intrigued and delighted by the whole affair . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , not Lady Macleod , surely , ’ she said sweetly , putting a gloved hand out to him , and then proceeding to remove her gloves as provocatively as she could . |
| 11 | Julia got up from her chair as quietly as she possibly could and left them alone . |
| 12 | Artemis sat back and pulled on her reins as hard as she could . |
| 13 | Her nipples are in her armpits , so she keeps her wings close to her sides as far as she can and lashes out with her feet and bites those that pester her . |
| 14 | She waved her hands around now as she talked . |
| 15 | Gloria would be able to read her Picturegoer as late as she wanted without keeping Dot awake . |
| 16 | I will not list Frances ’ numerous qualities but content myself with saying that I know of no one who could fill her position as well as she … ’ |
| 17 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 18 | She discards her admirers as often as she discards gloves , and poor Mama spends most of her time comforting the latest reject . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , he 'll get over that , ’ Terry said with the confidence of a sister who did n't know her brother as well as she thought she did . |
| 20 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 21 | She drove it into the side of his head as hard as she could , hearing a crack as she smashed his temporal bone . |
| 22 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 23 | Or was she overestimating his feelings as far as she was concerned ? |
| 24 | She gripped his hand as tightly as she could , feeling a terrific wrench on her shoulders as he tried to haul her in , steadying himself against the door to ensure that he did n't end up suffering the same fate as his companion . |
| 25 | She forced herself to meet his gaze , to admit the truth of his accusations as openly as she could . |