Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
2 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
3 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
4 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
5 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
6 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
7 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
8 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |
9 | It was all Julie could do to concentrate on driving , as she listened incredulously to the chain of events her sister recounted . |
10 | She tried to cheer up as she drove on to the ferry because — having caved in instantly and completely when Cara had asked ‘ Would you let me down — now ? ’ she had ensured that Cara could fly to Barney certain of one thing , if nothing else : that , her word given , she would not let her down . |
11 | The thoughts tumbled confusedly together as she drove back to the Hamiltons ' in the small car they had put at her disposal . |
12 | I stared at her , transfixed , as she stepped over to the scaly green cupboard where she kept all of her books . |
13 | The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train . |
14 | As she stepped on to the tongue of buckled metal , Bernice looked back . |
15 | ‘ Twelve o'clock ! ’ he called out as she stepped on to the pavement ; then he was gone , the little green car melding into the rest of the traffic and rapidly becoming lost to sight . |
16 | The building might be old , but this was no cheap accommodation , she observed as she stepped on to the landing . |
17 | Lindsey gasped as she stepped on to the deck and was hit by a wave of cold air . |
18 | Franca surveyed her long athletic bare legs and the smudge of the scar on her knee as she reached up to the high shelf of a cupboard . |
19 | Lisa 's fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she rode up to the fourth floor in the silent lift . |
20 | Affectionately they watched her as she ambled back to the others , kicking fallen leaves in front of her as she went . |
21 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
22 | Suddenly she was grasped from behind and the sky swam all around her as she fell heavily to the ground , landing with Fernando half across her . |
23 | Pascoe watched her as she went through to the bathroom . |
24 | He saw the tiny shudder that went through her and felt himself go still as she went up to the horse and began to stroke its face , its flank . |
25 | As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch . |
26 | As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . |
27 | I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room . |
28 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
29 | She was laughing as she went back to the garden and Wickham . |
30 | She 's still mad with me , Juliet thought , as she went back to the sitting-room . |