Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] as a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She winced painfully as a burning sensation spread across her cheek , and jerked her hand away from her face .
2 She remembers Guildford with affection — since she trained there as a young actress in the 1950s .
3 He was so dark that he must have to shave two or three times a day , she thought inconsequentially as a lingering trace of aftershave came to her nostrils .
4 Yeah I was gon na say , she went away as a little kid
5 Then she grew still as a sudden anxious thought occurred to her .
6 She appeared only as a moving wave of worker frenzy , a boiling peristaltic ball of ants with linked arms .
7 Even so , she shifted uncomfortably as a tiny rivulet of sweat ran between her shoulderblades .
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