Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to be noticed in all her finery and as she walked up the aisle she kept stopping to give a little cough on the back of her hand and looking from side to side . |
| 2 | ‘ Darling I 'm so proud of you , ’ he said as she walked down the staircase at Clarence House . |
| 3 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 4 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 5 | She was thinking about Donna later , as she walked down the ward to see if the new patient had arrived . |
| 6 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you a Catholic ? ’ he asked Donna as she brought out the drinks . |
| 8 | Patrick smiled at the woman as she brought in the tea . |
| 9 | Her thoughts were on the fact that it would be three months before she could move into her new abode , as she drove up the avenue . |
| 10 | ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery . |
| 11 | Caroline frowned as she glanced out the window . |
| 12 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 13 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 14 | As she ran up the garden , her legs felt soft and boneless under her ; she had the terrible feeling that they might collapse altogether if she did n't hurry and find somewhere private , somewhere nice and safe and dark . |
| 15 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 16 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 17 | Lucien watched her as she gathered up the sticks . |
| 18 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 19 | Juliet glanced quickly at the girl as she folded up the stethoscope . |
| 20 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 21 | As she collected up the plates and covers herself and went without Miss Vine 's twelve p , the face of Timothy Gedge appeared in her mind , causing her to feel sick in the stomach . |
| 22 | But as she made out the figure who stood darkly outlined against the blaze of the picture window 's light , she stopped abruptly short . |
| 23 | She wondered what they would make of it as she got out the vacuum cleaner and started to run it over the drawing-room carpet . |
| 24 | Remembering how responsive Faye 's blood glucose level was to stress , she was about to monitor its level , but , as she got out the kit , Tom arrived , his tall figure catapulting into the room and only a slight untidiness to his dark hair betraying the fact that he had so recently been locked in Marise 's arms in the garden . |
| 25 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 26 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |
| 27 | Mrs Stych was singing as she came up the garden path . |
| 28 | Just as she came out the council she said I I 'm just outside the council offices ringing you . |
| 29 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 30 | But Tallis , as she came down the bank , could see that he was frightened . |