Example sentences of "[adv] as she [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , she became a statutory tenant under section 2(1) ( a ) , and giving the words of that subsection their natural meaning , it would appear that she was by the Act to remain a statutory tenant so long as she continued in occupation of the dwelling-house . |
| 2 | Gloria came every day , just as she had for Baby . |
| 3 | Katya went crazy over it before it had broken into leaf , just as she did with catmint . |
| 4 | As soon as she drifted into sleep , she was back in the Close , her gaze locked on the white huddled figure . |
| 5 | Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her . |
| 6 | She posed languidly before Silas , smoothing her hips provocatively as she spoke with coyness , ‘ Remember my old joddies , darling ? |
| 7 | She glared at him fiercely , her breasts rising and falling rapidly as she struggled for breath . |
| 8 | SOCCER boss Graeme Souness comforted his lover Karen Levy yesterday as she went to court to get cash from her ex-husband . |
| 9 | THE Princess of Wales spoke movingly of aching loneliness and rejection among AIDS victims yesterday as she appealed for compassion for sufferers and gave warning of the dangers of ignoring the disease . |
| 10 | And , if she did n't want to be a burnt-out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . |
| 11 | The 11 year old was grabbed from behind as she walked to school along this path in Milton Keynes . |
| 12 | Even as she prayed for deliverance , her body shook with the desire to be one with him . |
| 13 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 14 | Then as she started to unbutton her blouse she moved around the bed and sat down , turning her head to one side to read the titles of the books in the mellow light from the table lamp . |
| 15 | The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit . |
| 16 | But maybe she 'd jumped to conclusions , she thought uneasily as she prepared for bed ; maybe it had n't been anything like that at all . |