Example sentences of "as she [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife , much as she might boast of the intellect of her pick-ups , could n't pretend they were pleasing to the eye . |
| 2 | Only the senior librarian remained constant , Joyce Babcock , a contemporary of Helen 's , stuck as far as she would get on the ladder of professional advancement , suspicious of the girls but tolerant of Helen , who offered no threat . |
| 3 | As she would notice from the heading on the notepaper he was in the French Foreign Legion and it was fucking tough work , but there were some good mates around him . |
| 4 | Dame Agatha took Father Reynard by the sleeve and they walked away , the young sister apologising loudly for being late and asking if Father would give her the altar breads as she must return to the priory . |
| 5 | Then she laid down as many of the others as she could fit in the space . |
| 6 | She advanced to the desk she threw open the lid dramatically Mary-Lou drew in her breath and got away as far as she could looking at the inside of her desk with scared eyes |
| 7 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 8 | He looked calmly , almost — as far as she could tell in the light that poured from the house onto the terrace — amusedly at her . |
| 9 | Her eyes swept over the audience as far as she could see beyond the footlights . |
| 10 | It was as close as she could come to the truth without feeling disloyal . |
| 11 | She obeyed and he watched with still , dark eyes until she was as far as she could get from the trembling animal . |
| 12 | I was halfway across the floor of this valley when Ann came running past ; when I say running , I mean as fast as she could stumble over the uneven ground , pack on her back , carrying her fishing-rod . |