Example sentences of "as she [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she walked the woman breathed a great breath of warm night air and syringa , a waft of lime trees came with a burst of music as the big dipper swung into action ; smells of beer , cigar , shampoo , sweat through clean clothes , intermingled with the night exhalations of leaves and grass . |
| 2 | Daisy , 57 , of Hindon , near Salisbury , Wilts , was hit as she walked the dog to a nearby village . |
| 3 | Nicola listened as she walked the grass lip . |
| 4 | Delia Sutherland watched the coming and going of Luney 's bare feet as she brought the food she had prepared . |
| 5 | The other girl gave a shaky laugh as she twirled the liquid in her glass . |
| 6 | I must be brave for Perdita 's sake , said Daisy through chattering teeth as she pressed the door bell . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , just rest completely , Faye , ’ Belinda agreed , as she pressed the door home with a gentle click . |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't all live in listed cottages , ’ Melissa pointed out as she pressed the bell-push . |
| 9 | As soon as she released the stick , he shot off , following its long , curving flight out on to the sandbanks . |
| 10 | Doubtless that was all part of the game he played , she thought irritably as she ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear . |
| 11 | What sort of character would have sustained this setting for six years , Theodora wondered , as she parked the car in the hedgerow and lifted the wicket gate six inches in order to swing it open . |
| 12 | And the house no longer seemed to be on the defensive , she realised as she parked the car . |
| 13 | She had always left the flat by the time Claudia came home , and she knew her sister was with Roman , and the dull despair that lived with her permanently would deepen a little more as she tidied the theatre programmes or the menu from an exclusive restaurant . |
| 14 | ‘ Er — is Drew Benedict married ? ’ asked Daisy as she mashed the potato . |
| 15 | He was difficult to live with , impossibly single-minded over his career , yet none of that seemed to matter as she balanced the weight of her new discovery against all she knew of him . |
| 16 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 17 | As she replaced the telephone , Miranda , prim in a high-necked grey flannel suit , checked the Cartier travelling clock on her white desk . |
| 18 | He listened to Blanche 's nervous laugh as she agreed a rendezvous but then saw her brow wrinkle as she replaced the receiver . |
| 19 | Satisfied ? ’ she added sweetly as she replaced the receiver , finding Luke still watching her . |
| 20 | As she replaced the receiver with a sad little gesture she felt her eyes fill with tears . |
| 21 | As she replaced the receiver after the last attempt she remembered Marc 's suggestion two days ago . |
| 22 | Again the Eldest Son 's wife served her , pouring water over her hands as she lathered the soap , the dirty water dropping through the perforated lid of the basin . |
| 23 | Breathing heavily , she occasionally brushed the sweat from her eyes as she photographed the scene in the next room . |
| 24 | Lucy said nothing , her mind in a whirl as she recalled the feel of Silas 's fingers through her hair . |
| 25 | Fabia drifted off for a second or two as she recalled the pleasantness of the evening , and the charm of her host . |
| 26 | Mrs Brown wept as she recalled the moment of Belinda 's death . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a brilliantly sunny day ’ said Anne as she recalled the wedding . |
| 28 | She had set her mind to it , and it would certainly be accomplished ; but in that winter dusk , as the rain fretted at her window , as she recalled the innocence of the child who had once sung alone in the house where her grandfather had done such wrong , Louisa Anne Agnew , already twenty-seven years old , wondered whether her life had yet properly begun at all . |
| 29 | She decided not to pursue this avenue of discussion , since , as she recalled the situation , it was not his morals but her own that had collapsed under the pressure of forced companionship with him . |
| 30 | Anguish coloured her voice as she recalled the dilemma that had confronted her , but no compunction softened Luke 's countenance . |