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

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1 Her heart was beating much faster as she approached the railway station , she offered her 10s note to the booking clerk and received her return ticket to Wiltham which was the nearest station to Winstable Hall .
2 She stared at him , her childish face at first impassive , then progressively emotional as she sought the words , trying not to cry .
3 She was still brooding as she reached the surgery , which was situated in a superior house of dressed stone set among laurel bushes and bits of lawn .
4 Rain felt distinctly uncharitable as she straightened the bed and tried to pretend they had never been there .
5 She believed that as much as she believed the moon was made of green cheese .
6 She needed one of Victoria 's spiteful tirades about as much as she needed the pain in the head which she already had , thundering relentlessly at her temples .
7 Artemis hated her mama-to-be as much as she disliked the doll she 'd given her .
8 To Comfort , they seemed as anxious as she to ignore the war and they had put themselves out to entertain her during her visit .
9 She became quite depressed as she realized the distance between her own knowledge and his .
10 Kelly felt quite calm as she entered the large committee room .
11 Lucy 's hand was not quite steady as she wrote the name in the guest register .
12 She felt energetic , almost girlish as she left the plane .
13 Joan looked wholly enchanting as she entered the great hall that evening beside the duchess .
14 She barely mouthed the word , but already , as if she was possessed by something beyond her control , her hands were reaching up to touch the black curl of his hair , agonisingly shy as she felt the clean , silky texture beneath her fingers .
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