Example sentences of "[pron] as she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her parents were old and had forgotten , if ever they had known , what it was like to love someone as she loved Rob . |
| 2 | Their clothes were an abrasive barrier between them , and her hands were as urgent as his as she peeled off the same black dress she seemed to have been wearing for the past century . |
| 3 | ‘ You would have spent the night in my arms , Caroline , ’ he caught her hands in one of his as she began to raise them , ‘ crying out my name as I touched you , begging me to take you over and over again , until finally the sun chased away the darkness . ’ |
| 4 | You 're going too fast for me , thought Leith , but her voice was every bit as aggressive as his as she spat , ‘ I 'm not with you ! ’ |
| 5 | She shrugged , feeling her skin sliding against his as she moved . |
| 6 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 7 | He was talking to himself as she approached and when he saw her he immediately huddled further into the doorway . |
| 8 | The woman who sells you a ticket at the bus office crosses herself for you as she makes it out . |
| 9 | Slackening her step , she felt hope renewing itself as she strolled along the pavements past tubs of flowering plants interspersed with benches crowded with people resting their tired feet or simply sitting back and enjoying the sunshine while they watched the passers-by . |
| 10 | Not his old one as she had been promised . |
| 11 | She seemed to be talking to herself as she gazed into the fire . |
| 12 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 13 | Blanche smiled to herself as she realised that he was unaware of the irony . |
| 14 | Elizabeth Titford , the mother , must have needed a bit of Christian faith herself as she grew older and struggled to live through the hard times which were a mark of the 1820s with its long and painful inflation . |
| 15 | She began to regard herself as she had not done before , and what she saw she no longer understood at all . |
| 16 | She felt panicky , as if something precious deep within her was menaced by his closeness , and once again as shockingly unsure of herself as she had always been in his presence six years ago . |
| 17 | I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room . |
| 18 | She could have kicked herself as she added the last bit . |
| 19 | And she had been special , Ruth gritted to herself as she rubbed her body liberally with shower gel . |
| 20 | No doubt she 'd soon get used to it she told herself as she followed Kerly down a metal spiral staircase . |
| 21 | She was relieved to be out in the cool night air , but the journey home was an awkward one and she felt a little sorry for herself as she waited for her second bus . |
| 22 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 23 | Carefully stripping off her clothes so as not to jar her ankle , she sat before the fire , softly humming to herself as she savoured the delight of clean skin . |
| 24 | She alighted from the train at East 74th Street and whistled softly to herself as she walked the two hundred yards down 72nd Street from the subway to her ground-floor bachelor flat . |
| 25 | ‘ No matter , ’ she said to herself as she walked into the hall . |
| 26 | Lisa smiled to herself as she walked back along the corridor that led to the drawing-room and the conservatory . |
| 27 | Oh , well , I 've made somebody 's day , ’ she said to herself as she walked briskly through the department , running her eye over the smooth operation of the unit . |
| 28 | Carrie 's bright blue eyes mirrored her good health and she hummed happily to herself as she brushed down her best coat . |
| 29 | It was pleasant to be in the kitchen and Melanie hummed to herself as she hung cups from their hooks and propped the plates . |
| 30 | She had her suitcase open on the bed and was muttering to herself as she took clothes out of drawers and threw them in . |