Example sentences of "[noun pl] as she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 2 | The hollow sounds of doors banging and footsteps receding echoed in her ears as she stepped inside the sparsely furnished room . |
| 3 | She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over . |
| 4 | The water clashed in her ears as she went down and down . |
| 5 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 6 | She took a deep , unsteady breath , her voice low and uncertain , sounding alien to her own ears as she began her story . |
| 7 | Agnes actually put her hands over her ears as she looked at Jessie sitting close to her on the edge of the bed . |
| 8 | The wind buffeted her ears as she wondered again what had made Luke bring her to this particular place . |
| 9 | Together the landlady and her shocked spouse burst into voluble speech , which beat at Theda 's ears as she fled up the stairs . |
| 10 | The three women were silent as Alice went down the front steps , her white lace dress foaming around her legs as she walked . |
| 11 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 12 | She felt a sensation of heat building up between her legs as she rubbed harder and faster and held her gaze on Ward 's picture as the pleasure grew more intense . |
| 13 | The child crossed and uncrossed her legs as she gabbled , as if she were dancing to go to the lavatory . |
| 14 | As he got into the car he heard a shout and saw Cissie running down the track towards him , disregarding the mud which splashed up over her legs as she ran . |
| 15 | The bag was bumping against her legs as she turned into Corporation Lane . |
| 16 | I saw nothing but her deep brown legs as she knelt beside me , felt nothing but her strong hands kneading me like dough . |
| 17 | Hair , streaked with the colours of the sun , tumbled down her back and over her shoulders and swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk . |
| 18 | Sydney N241 riding the waves as she runs up her outer engines . |
| 19 | There were tears in her eyes as she hugged her . |
| 20 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 21 | Tears filled her eyes as she added , ‘ My stepchildren are all well placed in life . |
| 22 | The smile slowly faded from Jennifer 's face and she sighed , then a far-away look came into her eyes as she added , ‘ A lot 's happened since then . ’ |
| 23 | His words brought to her eyes the same look that is in an eagle 's eyes as she flies again above moorland of the Western Isles and watches , far below , her own shadow flighting across the wild moorland wastes of Callanish . |
| 24 | Kelly felt the tears fill her eyes as she heard her father 's voice speaking through the words on the page . |
| 25 | Tears stung her eyes as she heard his anger and she turned away , rubbing a hand over her eyes to wipe them away , but it seemed impossible to stop the flow now that it had begun . |
| 26 | The tears welled , beautifully , in her eyes as she gazed up into his face , then down in sorrow . |
| 27 | There were tears in her eyes as she gazed up at him . |
| 28 | The girl obeyed , sympathy in her eyes as she gazed at her mistress . |
| 29 | Hurt showed clearly in her tawny eyes as she gazed back at him . |
| 30 | Her pale , oval face framed with raven-dark hair and her slender , high-breasted figure betrayed the Louisiana French blood in her veins , and the officer smiled directly into her eyes as she lifted a glass of fresh lime juice and glace pilee from his tray with a white-gloved hand . |