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

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1 She wanted to be noticed in all her finery and as she walked up the aisle she kept stopping to give a little cough on the back of her hand and looking from side to side .
2 She almost staggered back to the kitchen table and sat down and as she did so the kitchen clock struck nine .
3 She stood there beside him , acknowledging the marvellous presence of the terns , and as she did so the thought came to her that striped shirt , and pink tie , and Julia of the leather skirt , presumably passed them by five days a week without knowing that they did so .
4 She snatched at the handle and as she did so the parcel slipped .
5 But as she made out the figure who stood darkly outlined against the blaze of the picture window 's light , she stopped abruptly short .
6 Donna had managed to disguise the worst of the bruising on her top lip beneath some foundation cream and a little rouge had given at least some artificial colour to her cheeks , but as she pulled down the sun-visor on the driver 's side and peered into the mirror she realized she looked as tired as she felt .
7 But as she lapped up the five-star treatment on the champagne Concorde flight , angry pensioners were facing a bleak future .
8 He took his hand away , but as she stumbled down the ladder she could still feel its warm weight .
9 For a moment she thought Ace was wounded , but as she slid down the slope Ace tilted her head back to watch her approach .
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