Example sentences of "[prep] she [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
| 2 | Once Dolly and Gertrude had been in the back row of the chorus at the Palladium , and Gertrude had even had a solo spot with a comic song … he had seen a photo of her somewhere as Burlington Bertie … |
| 3 | I 'm dealing with her even as we speak . |
| 4 | Or , like he , if the little girl 's riding him , he always goes with her then as well , but even if the girl 's not on him , he takes him for a walk like a big dog so I mean , they 're lovely people , you could n't wish to have him with nicer people , erm , you know they are , they really are nice |
| 5 | ‘ It 's funny you should ask because I bumped into her just as I was coming back from the loo . |
| 6 | It appeared that more was required and Liz , resenting the inanity thus forced upon her even as it passed her lips , found herself saying ‘ And how are you looking forward to the 1980s ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What time ? ’ burst from her rapidly as he reached the driver 's door . |
| 8 | Steven , concerned , paid the bill and put his arm round her protectively as they went out to the car . |
| 9 | President Mobutu 's face nods on her behind as she pounds plantain in an ebony mortar and then slices the yellow dough with cotton thread . |
| 10 | If they had given his note to her exactly as he had said … |
| 11 | A mature , non-exploitative , separated relationship between mother and daughter begins as each accepts that the other can not be perfectly available or responsive to her just as she can not be perfectly available and responsive to the other . ’ |
| 12 | She was getting quite neurotic , Harriet reflected , and the same thought occurred to her now as she checked her image in the full length mirror , tucking her camisole top more neatly in at the waist of her pants and straightening the ornamental clasp of the loose belt she had fastened around her hips . |
| 13 | The elegance of his own style , the willingness of the assistants , the feeling that an endless flow of joy emanated from this eccentric and astute little man , the jade-green charm of the suit that was eventually chosen , the reserve , the luxury , the civilization of that day came back to her now as she stood gazing at iron scaffolding , aware of drunks in the square opposite and the depression that had undermined the world , and her , since the buoyancy of that radiant and particular day . |
| 14 | He was as perfect to her now as he had been when she had seen him as a child . |
| 15 | Storm or no storm , she could no more have returned to the inn than she had been able to return penitent to the bosom of her family six long years ago , when the same stigma would have been laid to her then as had been laid to her now . |
| 16 | ‘ There seemed to be some doubt in your mind about my exact gender , ’ Maggie put in drily , and he cast her an irritated look , his dark eyes running over her again as she sat facing him , her hands in the pockets of the loose shirt . |
| 17 | The strain in his voice made her realise how much he still held his emotions on a tight rein and his dark eyes roamed over her hungrily as he undressed in the soft lamplight . |
| 18 | My wife was of no service at all in the crisis and I could only look up at her reproachfully as she leaned against the doorpost dabbing at her eyes . |
| 19 | The man looked at her curiously as he passed , touched his cap and muttered a curt good evening , which she acknowledged equally briefly . |
| 20 | The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat . |
| 21 | But he could only glance at her briefly as he complimented her . |
| 22 | He glanced at her briefly as he said , ‘ I have n't checked the answering machine . |
| 23 | For Naylor Massingham looked far from amused , and was in fact glowering at her darkly as he rapped toughly , ‘ The purpose of my wanting to see you , Miss Everett , was to give you verbal warning that unless your work improves you 're out ! ’ |
| 24 | The clerk looked at her oddly as she took her purse out of her school satchel and carefully counted out the exact money . |
| 25 | ‘ Es verdad , ’ he agreed , turning at the door to look at her wryly as her eyes closed . |
| 26 | The man looked at her carefully as she nodded . |
| 27 | He smiled at her now as he said , ‘ Yes , you 're right , I do love it . ’ |
| 28 | Amabel smiled at her now as she sat by Gemma 's bedside tranquilly embroidering a cambric handkerchief , patient and beautiful as an angel and so terribly wronged . |
| 29 | He looked at her questioningly as she hesitated . |
| 30 | It amused him even more and he looked down at her quizzically as she wrenched her arm from his grasp . |