Example sentences of "as she see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She told me she had made it up on the spot as soon as she saw the bloke . ’ |
| 2 | But as she saw the man out Folly felt her mood unaccountably dampened . |
| 3 | She also left the book undisturbed but felt , as soon as she saw the title , a further fellow feeling with S. Kettering . |
| 4 | The forest opened into a large clearing and she gagged as she saw the slaughter within . |
| 5 | Ellie saw the mockery in her father 's eyes , as she saw the hate . |
| 6 | It was so well known now , yet it still thrilled her as she saw the way the dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones , the sharp angle of his jaw . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that an order or a question ? ’ she asked , the mischievous light in her eyes fading as she saw the anxiety mirrored in his . |
| 8 | Chrissie looked into the playroom , and smiled as she saw the activity at the table-football . |
| 9 | Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot as she saw the pram with baby Donald in it disappear over the bank — too far away for her to stop it . |
| 10 | Her eyes glittered as she saw the bottle . |
| 11 | But it was the unexpected shots that would provide the spice to the story — like the ones she had just made of the little midinette enthusing as she saw the dress she 'd sweated blood for , if not created , come down the catwalk to the roar of applause . |
| 12 | Well , for instance ; one night Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor who had called Stella II a skinny black bitch right in the middle of her rendition of ‘ Te Amo ’ , and he meant it , right there in the middle of his number — well Madame not only showed her approval of the assault by conspicuously buying Stella drinks every night for the whole of the following week ; as soon as she saw the fight starting she got off her stool , yanked out the plug on the sound system , hitched up that frock , got straight up on the stage while they were still on the floor ( she knew Stella would sort him out ) and she went into an unforgettable aria of abuse against this stranger which culminated in her eschewing all her usual magnificence of phrasing and just standing there shouting fuck off at him , screaming fuck off , if you do n't like it you can fuck off , E , X , I , T , there it is , you came in through it and now you can fuck off out of it , fuck off out of it why do n't you you stupid bastard ( and by now of course someone had dragged Stella off and we were all up on our chairs cheering while the disgraced stranger made his slow and humiliating exit through the parting crowd ) why do n't you just piss off and insult someone who does n't have the balls to answer back because you 've picked the wrong girls here darling , fuck off that 's it , fucking fuck off , fucking fuck off right through my front door and do n't you ever , do n't you ever , do n't you ever step on my fucking frock again . |
| 13 | ‘ Good God , ’ she breathed as she saw the state of him . |
| 14 | Annie laughed aloud as she saw the look on Billy 's face . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't own me , Jim , ’ she hissed , her voice faltering slightly as she saw the look of pure rage etched across his features . |
| 16 | ‘ My friend Lady Jane told me you were a sort of Watson to — ’ She stopped abruptly as she saw the look of outrage on Auguste 's face . |
| 17 | She stopped as she saw the look of annoyance on his face . |
| 18 | She was instantly aware that she 'd over-reacted as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 19 | Digging into the pocket of her jacket , she produced a long silver whistle and placed it firmly between her lips , and Fran had to swallow an almost hysterical gurgle of laughter as she saw the expression of near-disbelief on Luke Calder 's face . |
| 20 | His anger matched her own , then outgrew it so that she felt her breath catch in dismay as she saw the expression on his coldly furious face . |
| 21 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 22 | She mopped herself up , then eyed him uncertainly as she saw the set , cold expression on his face . |
| 23 | Then her eyes stretched wide as she saw the doctor take a syringe out of his bag . |
| 24 | ‘ All right , ’ she said wearily , smiling inwardly as she saw the gleam of triumph which lightened his eyes . |
| 25 | But as soon as she saw the tooth , she lost interest . |
| 26 | Robyn held it out at arm 's length , glanced at it and then cursed as she saw the blood that dripped from her fingers on to the black plastic . |
| 27 | They might look like cornflakes , ’ she added in inspiration as she saw the packet on the shelf , ‘ but , believe me , they 're rice crispies ! ’ |
| 28 | She just went haywire as soon as she saw the instructor . |
| 29 | Fran drew back as though he had struck her , her face going pale as she saw the amusement on his face as he continued to study her . |
| 30 | The smile froze as she saw the dark , forbidding look in his eys . |