Example sentences of "[adv] as [adv] [subord] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stumbling to her feet , she picked up the diaries , slipped the clip into the pocket of her dress , and hurried downstairs as fast as she dared go . |
| 2 | Although they never spoke directly of Lachlan , each knew the other 's mind ; though not as well as she believed . |
| 3 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 4 | Fran knew that just as clearly as she knew her own name . |
| 5 | Telling him would be a mistake , she knew that , just as surely as she knew he would never tell her what he really felt , but she knew . |
| 6 | Then , one morning , just as suddenly as she had taken leave of absence , she was back . |
| 7 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |
| 8 | She poured their tea and sat with a cup of her own by the fire , chatting away as easily as she did every morning . |
| 9 | Ven chopped her off stingingly before she could finish — and Fabia knew then that she was n't going to get off as lightly as she 'd hoped . |
| 10 | Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer . |
| 11 | ‘ If this is what comes of quoting silly old proverbs , ’ Laura grinned over at her husband , who had n't recovered from the birth nearly as quickly as she had , ‘ I think that we 'd better be very careful what we say in the future ! ’ |
| 12 | Rosa slipped out of their bed , and , imagining herself on water , trod as lightly as she could ; her feet left moist imprints on the coldness of the tiled floor which shrivelled up as quickly as she made them , until she too vanished through the door . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean , what if she really is making out as well as she says ? |
| 14 | Padding out as silently as she came , she left me to the early morning quiet . |
| 15 | Having her father with them on holiday was going to turn out as disastrously as she had expected . |
| 16 | She was furious because I would n't do what she wanted and paid me back as spitefully as she knew how . |
| 17 | She knew it almost as well as she knew London . |
| 18 | Roman de Sciorto appeared to despise her , she decided , almost as thoroughly as she despised him . |
| 19 | If she walked twice as far as she rode , how many kilometres did she ride ? |
| 20 | Leaning forward as far as she dared , with the great torso of the suit at a right angle to its legs , she made the claws unhook her wrist computer and plug it into one of the empty sockets on the panel . |