Example sentences of "[pers pn] as she [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Again there was little chance to recognize the effect this considerable list of bereavements was having on her as she continued to take tranquillizers and look after her young children , often singlehanded . |
| 3 | Turmoil raged within her as she battled to find an answer to the seemingly insurmountable dilemma , and she raised her eyes to the grey skies as though a solution could be found there . |
| 4 | I could n't take my eyes off her as she swivelled to rinse the mud from her legs , then flexed her arms , swept back her hair to shake it , and the motion rippled through her body . |
| 5 | They broke into partly-paralysed Rosemarie Smith 's ground-floor flat and brutally attacked her as she tried to escape . |
| 6 | Supporting her with his right arm , his left hand strayed from her breasts to her thigh , and from there slowly completed the journey to the mouth of the Cave of Sweet Mysteries , lingering long enough to find the little temple of Min and arouse him as she began to gasp for breath , her tongue making passionate sallies into his ear . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I 'd left that behind , ’ she murmured to him as she began to mount the stairs . |
| 8 | Her eyes blazed back at him as she fought to contain her inner excitement . |
| 9 | At gunpoint , the woman walked slowly towards the main door , carefully adjusted the lock , and then slammed it as she ran to call police . |
| 10 | She needed distance between them as she fought to smother a treacherous joy that he should think her beautiful . |
| 11 | She backed away , setting the width of the desk between them as she tried to work out what to say , although she doubted that he was in the mood to listen . |