Example sentences of "as she came [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 2 | It was the right time as she came around to the front of the house . |
| 3 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 4 | He sat up in bed , just as she came out of the bathroom , rubbing her hair with a towel , unselfconsciously naked . |
| 5 | Mrs Joe was saying as she came out of the kitchen , ‘ The pie — has — gone ! ’ but stopped when she saw the soldiers . |
| 6 | James came running up the stairs as she came out of the office . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm ready , ’ Billie said as she came out of the bathroom . |
| 8 | She had elected to keep the group to women only , instead of employing a male model to act as bridegroom , but as she came out of the dressing-room she would have welcomed someone to walk by her side . |
| 9 | Marguerite looked a trifle anxiously at Jenna as she came back into the room . |
| 10 | Now , as she came back to the present , Lady Merchiston 's own eyes were on her in a compelling look , demanding an answer . |
| 11 | ‘ You think , ’ she began , dabbing at her eyes as she came back with the pad , ‘ you think someone — someone killed my Charlie because he would n't go on — go on doing these jobs for them ? ’ |
| 12 | As she came back towards the drawing-room , Robert was waiting in the hall . |
| 13 | He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval . |
| 14 | Spittals ' hands glowed from the diligent rubbing he was applying to them as she came in through the door at ten o'clock . |