Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She fought as hard as she could against the iron grip , the bands of steel that were restricting her , trying to push her over like Mark . |
| 2 | Opening it wide , she shouted as loud as she could : ‘ I 'm warning you lot , one more noise and I 'll come up there and scalp the arses off yer ! ’ |
| 3 | If she was judged on her effort , then she regards the judgement as unfair since she tried as hard as she could . |
| 4 | Though she tried as faithfully as she might to devote herself to the needs of this rude community , she knew that she was not greatly liked and the knowledge injured her . |
| 5 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 6 | Roman drank coffee while she ate as quickly as she could . |
| 7 | She drove as fast as she dared past the Jardin Anglais and at last swung out on to the Quai Gustav Ador . |
| 8 | Sometimes she came home just as I was due to leave , or vice versa . |
| 9 | Instead she walked as fast as she could towards the river , past the mean little houses below the cathedral . |
| 10 | ‘ If we could get back to business , ’ she began as calmly as she could , ‘ I 'd like the use of an office and a telephone , and a list of phone numbers — suppliers , customers , Press , the business fair organisers … ’ |
| 11 | She shuddered as convulsively as he did , and became lost in the same giant whirlpool of pleasure . |
| 12 | She pulled as hard as she could . |
| 13 | After school , she took as long as she could dawdling back . |
| 14 | She stared straight ahead as she slid away . |
| 15 | She sang as well as she could , hitting the right notes — she never had any problem with that — but it was pretty dreadful singing , so lifeless and uninspired , not the way she had been singing during the weeks before Gesner 's arrival . |
| 16 | That , she thought , was as good an idea as any , and on silent feet she went as swiftly as she had come back to her kitchen . |
| 17 | She smiled as sweetly as she could . |
| 18 | She spoke as calmly as she could . |
| 19 | ‘ And flattery will get you anywhere tonight , ’ she retorted as sexily as she could . |
| 20 | She ran as hard as she could , and the wolf came after her on his long grey legs . |
| 21 | She ran as hard as she could across the muddy field , across the rickety bridge , and finally collapsed beyond the line of oaks where the stream curved round to mark the boundary of the colonel 's property . |
| 22 | ‘ But I really have told you the truth , ’ she said as firmly as she could . |
| 23 | ‘ And Cy rides Shine On in Tokyo , ’ she said as casually as she could manage . |
| 24 | ‘ Dana ca n't know about your sister ; if she did she would insist Garry return to his wife , ’ she said as sincerely as she could . |
| 25 | ‘ I wo n't share anything with you , ’ she said as calmly as she could . |
| 26 | ‘ Spit it out , then , ’ she said as ungraciously as she could . |
| 27 | Yet she still had the use of her tongue , and she said as quietly as he , ‘ Yes , only once — and let's keep it like that , shall we ? ’ |
| 28 | She said as evenly as her angrily clenched teeth would allow her , ‘ I feel like standing , so I 'll stand , if you do n't mind . |
| 29 | ‘ I was n't going to stay long — I 'm whacked , ’ she said as lightly as she could . |
| 30 | She said as lightly as she could , ‘ Nothing romantic in such a calculated scheme . ’ |