Example sentences of "[vb past] she [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesday he came and found her just as she was finishing off applying a back-slab to a fractured wrist . |
| 2 | Ryker regarded her furiously as the uniformed man extended a hand to help her up . |
| 3 | He caught her up as she was turning into the courtyard to cross to her own front door . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll sort it out , ’ he assured her callously as they entered the building , and she suppressed an urge to hit out at him and tell him exactly what he had done and was doing to her . |
| 5 | He handed her his breast pocket handkerchief and studied her carefully as she dabbed her eyes . |
| 6 | As he drove up the main street and turned out of the town at the top , Sarah looked round her with pleasure and George studied her surreptitiously as she did so . |
| 7 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 8 | ‘ Even a blind man could see that I hold all the cards in this situation , ’ he told her flatly as she trailed slowly and miserably into the room behind him . |
| 9 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a definite improvement — you look a lot better , ’ he told her bluntly as the strong liquor began flowing through her veins , and he saw a faint spark of colour beginning to tinge her pale cheeks . |
| 11 | Jean felt belittled ; for as long as the dance lasted she seemed no more to him than any girl there , but then he came round to her again and clasped her closely as they stepped it down the aisle between the lines of dancers . |
| 12 | He scrutinised her closely as she lowered her legs to the floor and his hand went out as she stood . |
| 13 | She learned among many other things that Felicity had known Peter 's first wife quite well and admired her desperately as she struggled with her increasing disability and urged her husband to live as freely as he could . |
| 14 | Peskova took her up to the top room — the big room beneath the eaves- and locked her in as he had been told to . |
| 15 | In 1576 , she insisted that her new Archbishop of Canterbury , Edmund Grindal , should suppress prophesyings , and when he disobeyed and challenged her right as supreme governor to decide on the matter , she suspended him from office . |
| 16 | That dull feeling followed her around as she showered , went down to breakfast , and returned to her room to consider what to do with her day . |
| 17 | He kissed her again as she gurgled . |
| 18 | He leant over and pushed the door open , shoved her out as the engine died . |
| 19 | Next moment Ethel nearly pulled her over as Perdita galloped up . |
| 20 | Irene watched her anxiously as she left the room . |
| 21 | He watched her thoughtfully as she ate a biscuit . |
| 22 | He watched her now as she singed the birds over the gas-flame . |
| 23 | He watched her back as she came to join them . |
| 24 | He waved her away as she ran to help . |
| 25 | Robert waved her down as he leapt out , and she was obliged to wait . |
| 26 | A sense of fatalism kept her still as long legs in thigh-hugging jeans were lowered on to the chair . |
| 27 | Linking strong fingers with hers , Vitor kept her upright as they made their way down the bank . |
| 28 | For us it is a symbol of acceptance , for from that day on Nanny referred to Shanti as ‘ my granddaughter ’ and treated her exactly as she had always done the others . |
| 29 | I reached her just as she was about to hoist herself out . |
| 30 | He reached her just as she made an attempt to stand , and caught hold of her upper arms . |