Example sentences of "as she [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 2 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 3 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 5 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 6 | He was finally restrained by police after he grabbed Mrs Rodham as she waited for a bus . |
| 7 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 8 | Mitch knelt beside her as she lay for a moment on the ground . |
| 9 | As she looked for a hiding place she could hear the voices increasing in volume . |
| 10 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 11 | The Darling Buds of May star was clearly suited to Blue Peter presenter John Leslie as she arrived for a show on London 's Capital Radio . |
| 12 | He warned Margaret Thatcher , as she prepares for a Commonwealth heads of government conference next week where the issue of sanctions on South Africa is expected to be central , against insisting that ‘ the regime ’ was moving in the right direction . |