Example sentences of "as she [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel had been offering to lend her his favourite book of poetry as she had developed a liking for it . |
| 2 | As she sat over a pot of tea in a quiet café she reminded herself that it was really expecting too much to find a flat as quickly as she had landed a job . |
| 3 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
| 4 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 5 | In the distance he could hear a woman 's heels catching on the cobbles as she ran to keep an appointment . |
| 6 | As she wished to remain a virgin , she refused . |
| 7 | Defiant Iris Bentley wept as she began planning an appeal to the Queen to win a posthumous royal pardon for her brother . |
| 8 | The irony of the situation hit her as she began preparing a meal from the provisions she 'd brought with her . |
| 9 | Betsy King cut her finger as she attempted to cut a bagel and had to receive six stitches . |
| 10 | As she hurried to grab a taxi to the hotel she could feel her stomach coiling into knots of dread . |
| 11 | Mrs Bristow , of central London , who worked as a court reporter , fell from the third-floor as she tried to open a sash window in the press room at the court . |
| 12 | DEVOTED housekeeper Annie Bowman was crushed to death as she tried to stop a thief stealing her boss 's JCB digger . |
| 13 | A pensioner is in hospital with serious burns after her house exploded as she tried to light a gas fire . |
| 14 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 15 | Katherine wandered back into her bedroom and lazily sorted through her wardrobe , before finally settling on a simple gown of heavy blue satin that was at least two seasons out of date , but which served to hide her fuller figure as she refused to wear a corset . |
| 16 | Turmoil raged within her as she battled to find an answer to the seemingly insurmountable dilemma , and she raised her eyes to the grey skies as though a solution could be found there . |
| 17 | It 's no coincidence that there are consistent rumours that Madonna is interested in talking to women like Courtney Love and Katie Jane Garside as she starts to build a roster of acts for her very own record empire . |