Example sentences of "[prep] her [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light shone on to his upturned face and gleamed on the burnished flanks of the mare who blew through her nose impatiently as though to ask what they were waiting for . |
| 2 | The girl yawned and rubbed the back of her head just as the wind of Jezrael 's exit ruffled the yellow curls . |
| 3 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 4 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe not , ’ Maggie murmured worriedly , biting into her lip again as he continued to look down at her . |
| 6 | Flavia longed to go back and slip into her place just as the soup was brought and hear them telling about Loulou 's day . |
| 7 | She dropped the inch or two down into her seat again as the train began to move . |
| 8 | And he had put the post in her hand personally as he always did . |
| 9 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 10 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 11 | He 'd probably be on his way across the Channel now and waiting outside her flat just as she got home from work . |
| 12 | His voice was pleasant , but the undertone sent chills down her spine even as tiny flames licked her nerve-ends . |
| 13 | That was how she saw it and it added to her perturbation just as the sight of Tom leading hay over under the far wood gave her a quite unnecessary pang for she had never really loved him . |
| 14 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 15 | She asked him to come to her room so as not to overhear any more , and then they went downstairs in an express lift : a glass-and-gilt beetle that hurtled the twenty-eight floors in nine and a half seconds . |
| 16 | Her clothing moulds itself to her body so as to reveal or to promise as much of the delights within as it conceals ; it too includes silk , soft to the touch ( 3235 ) and the fresh warm taste of morning milk ( 3236 ) . |
| 17 | It was a little dark after the strong sunlight , but it was cool , and she sank to her seat thankfully as Felipe stayed at the bar . |
| 18 | Bob Calder grinned and put a steadying hand on her arm just as Nicolo reached them . |
| 19 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 20 | Talking of which , ’ she glanced at her watch just as the phone rang , ‘ I should n't be here . ’ |
| 21 | Alice had picked up a spoon ready to ladle out the stew on to a plate , but she paused and looked at her daughter hard as she said , ‘ You do n't know what it 's all about , do you ? |
| 22 | The female eider duck is abandoned by her drake just as soon as she starts incubating the eggs . |