Example sentences of "[vb past] as she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her brows rose as she glared at him . |
| 2 | Stella did too — ; after all , she was one of them — until a picture grew in her head of Dawn Allenby in St Ives 's bed-sitter , cheeks hollowed as she sucked on her peppermints , the gas fire burning blue , those unwrapped , unwanted flowers lying on the table . |
| 3 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
| 4 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 5 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
| 6 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 7 | ‘ Mornin' , Olga , ’ she shouted as she scuttled towards her , a pair of rollers in the front of her hair sticking out like devil 's horns from under her woollen hat . |
| 8 | She glanced at the backdrop of gentlemen , most of them in uniform , standing uncomfortably near the wall as though to divorce themselves from the proceedings and her heart sank as she thought of Craig , he should be here today , sharing in her adventure . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah ! ’ she exclaimed as she came across one labelled ‘ ZOOM ’ . |
| 10 | Anne exclaimed as she came into the . |
| 11 | ‘ They really are shaky ! ’ he exclaimed as she wobbled towards him . |
| 12 | ‘ I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought you might like to go to Lindisfarne — Holy Island , ’ he added as she stared at him blankly . |
| 14 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Not if I have anything to do with it , ’ she muttered as she plugged in her hair-dryer . |
| 16 | Fen exploded as she scrambled over him in a tangle of arms , legs and dishevelled hair . |
| 17 | ‘ She wants me to make a thousand currant buns , five hundred sausage rolls and fifty chocolate sponge sandwiches , if you please , in time for the jubilee , ’ Mrs Cartwright exploded as she juggled with dishes and tins and bowls and ladles . |
| 18 | ‘ Strawberry kisses , ’ he murmured as she stared at him , bemused , ‘ delectable . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 20 | Mrs Appleby nodded as she cut into the pork pie . |
| 21 | She nodded as she said with sympathy , ‘ I can understand there must be times when Matt makes you feel your father is n't so far away after all . ’ |
| 22 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 23 | The shunt happened as she turned into the drive of Ludgrove School , at Wokingham , Berks . |
| 24 | Helen frowned as she walked to her classroom . |
| 25 | Her face was flushed , her eyes glittered , and her voice shook as she hissed at Silas , ‘ What is this ? ’ |
| 26 | But what she forgot as she jogged on the spot was that even though time might have stood still for her , it has moved on for her 31-year-old husband Slim Jim McDonald . |
| 27 | On adjacent courts , Amanda Brown — the former Wightman Cup player — shone as she romped to victory over Queen 's No. 1 Alison Grant 6–1 6–1 , while team mate Judy Rich — who this time last year led the Queen 's attack — took just four games more to defeat Karen Cass in the other singles rubber . |
| 28 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 29 | She took the photograph back and sighed as she stared at it . |
| 30 | The thick coils of hair had been pinned up beneath it by a patient Sister Anne , who sighed as she went about her task . |