Example sentences of "as she [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 2 | As she walked along the High Street , these thoughts had infiltrated her mind like the scouts of an advancing army of depression and self-pity . |
| 3 | The fifteen year old victim told police she was assaulted a year ago as she walked along the High Street in Oxford . |
| 4 | As she walked into the big sitting-room , Mike Booker walked into the suite again . |
| 5 | Matt , thought Sara , as she walked towards the Black Lion . |
| 6 | Fran took a deep breath then opened the door , willing her legs to support her as she walked across the weed-strewn gravel towards him . |
| 7 | As she walked down the tree-lined road in the pitch black she managed to suppress her fear of the dark . |
| 8 | The eighteen year old woman was grabbed by a man in his thirties as she walked down the isolated track . |
| 9 | Katherine , as she walked through the enlarged sweep of the living room with its creamy raw silk textures , its mix of low-slung sofas and older more ornately curved chairs , was radiant with satisfaction . |
| 10 | ‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room . |
| 11 | Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone . |
| 12 | Telling herself she was an idiot , she pulled her thoughts together and made an effort to concentrate upon what he was saying , and as she listened to the pleasant tones of his deep voice she realised he was on the subject of white-water rafting . |
| 13 | She considered all this as she listened to the heated opinions forced upon her outside the shop ( where the throbbing engine of the Findus delivery van obliged everyone to shout ) , on the corner by the church and at two other points on her route back to Greystones . |
| 14 | As she listened to the faint smack of the sea on the rocks below , she thought again , regretfully , of Angus . |
| 15 | At first she thought of wolves as she listened to the furtive movement in the woods to each side of the river . |
| 16 | As she listened to the unfamiliar male tone , neither option appealed . |
| 17 | But later , as she listened to the English accents of the Customs men , her feeling of anti-climax evaporated a little . |
| 18 | As she listened to the sweet voices of the children coming from the church , and thought of the pain she had experienced in her short life , tears came to her eyes . |
| 19 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 20 | Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it . |
| 21 | Her aunt 's scissors flashed in the light like exclamation marks as she snipped into the flimsy stuff . |
| 22 | But as she kept to the inside edge of the footpath to avoid being splashed by the congestion of horse-drawn vehicles her gaze turned to the heart of the city , and all at once her spirits lifted . |
| 23 | ‘ Please do n't be out , ’ she murmured to the empty car as she drove along the quiet country roads . |
| 24 | The residents of Monte Samana were just beginning to stir , and the smell of strong Spanish coffee wafted from open windows and balconies as she drove along the flower-edged lanes of the complex and out of the main gate towards the village . |
| 25 | Grey House was a very exclusive girls ' school , and as she drove into the extensive grounds the next morning Jenna felt the peace of the place close over her as usual . |
| 26 | Whereas I scurry aimlessly from this to that , thought Alix , as she drove through the dark evening : they block one path , I try another , and so it goes on , thought Alix , who at times thought no such thing , and was not thinking it now with much conviction . |
| 27 | Home , she thought dismally as she drove up the gravelly drive . |
| 28 | There was no blood on the bandage , but as she glanced across the broad sweep of his back Isabel realised suddenly how close Guy had come to being killed . |
| 29 | She was annoyed to feel a tiny prickle of unease as she glanced round the big farmhouse kitchen — what on earth was happening to her now ? |
| 30 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |