Example sentences of "as she [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memory of the outcome brought a smile to her face on that Saturday morning as she walked down towards the crouching figure of Aggie . |
| 2 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 3 | Our beamy Bénéteau made a lot of noise as she slammed down into the troughs before climbing the next steep wave . |
| 4 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 5 | Still , she reflected soberly as she stared down at the water , being on the boat had at least served to clarify her thoughts in one direction . |
| 6 | I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room . |
| 7 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
| 8 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 9 | Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure . |
| 10 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 11 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 12 | There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding . |
| 13 | As she looked down from the stand , the horses for the third race , a handicap over six furlongs , were filing out on to the racecourse . |
| 14 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 15 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 16 | Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore . |
| 17 | She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls . |
| 18 | ‘ I have n't forgotten how the Dalesfolk talk , you see , Mam , ’ she teased , as she sat down on the bench next to her mother . |
| 19 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 20 | You 've a gift for this sort of thing , ’ declared Susan , as she sat down by the fire and gazed appreciatively round the room . |
| 21 | Maria gave a dry little laugh as she clamped down on the obvious , defeatist answer . |
| 22 | As she settled down into the squashy leather upholstery of the nest-like sofa she listened with half an ear to the voices on the tape , each caller seemingly convinced that disaster would intervene if Luke did n't call them back immediately . |
| 23 | As she bent down over the fire , her nose-ring and the silver coins of her necklace glinted fiercely . |