Example sentences of "as she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she walked the short distance home , the lecturer 's words ran through her mind . |
| 2 | She broke off , colour running up her face as she pressed a guilty hand to her mouth . |
| 3 | As she listened the furtive sounds ceased . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I think it 's lovely , ’ she said later as she touched the crisp carving of the linenfold panelling by their table . |
| 5 | She shivered as she recalled the terrible blackness that had invaded her home and had clung to and coated the village on that night when she had heard the voices . |
| 6 | A smile spread over her face as she recalled the concerned officials , fussing over her like doting fathers . |
| 7 | As she returned the firm handclasp Lindsey 's smiling gaze for the first time took in the neat , wide-belted white dress , topped by a dark cardigan . |
| 8 | As she returned the first-aid box to the locker , she heard a movement behind her and glanced round . |
| 9 | The Baronne 's gathering frown dispersed almost magically as she espied a flat be-ribboned box on the tray . |
| 10 | She broke off as the door opened , fixing a smile to her throbbing mouth as she recognised the elderly woman . |
| 11 | Paula turned gratefully , then gasped with surprise as she recognised the slight figure in black roll-neck sweater and skin tight pants . |
| 12 | Laura sighed , lying back against the head-rest of the open sports car , closing her eyes as she relished the cool breeze rustling through her blonde hair . |
| 13 | The night became a blur of faces , trees , light and dark , the scents of the woods enveloping her as she stirred the warm night air with her urgent flight . |
| 14 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 15 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 16 | She paused , feeling a shiver work its way down her spine as she met the black eyes that were regarding her so closely now . |
| 17 | As she met the clinical look in Penry Vaughan 's eyes she stiffened , the reason for his change of mood suddenly , mortifyingly , obvious . |
| 18 | Fran stared at him in confusion , feeling a pulse starting to beat high in her throat as she met the mesmerising stare . |
| 19 | Her eyes narrowed into hostile slits as she met the cold gaze of her mother-in-law . |
| 20 | She felt her brassiere tighten uncomfortably as she heaved a vicious sigh . |
| 21 | As she passed the new couple her beach bag caught the Factor 15 and knocked it off the table . |
| 22 | She rode on , ducking below trees , shivering as she passed the guarding statues at the crumbling gate . |
| 23 | The sun westered as she passed the gutted farm that had now been pulled down . |
| 24 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 25 | Mrs Curdle heard St Andrew 's clock strike seven as she lifted the boiling kettle from her diminutive stove . |
| 26 | She was too well trained to take it out on Florence and she finished milking her , but she scowled as she lifted the heavy pails and carried them outside , lifting them into the water trough to cool . |
| 27 | Isabel gasped at the strength of his grip , her senses reeling as she fought a wild impulse to melt into the crushing pressure of his embrace . |
| 28 | My mother was a delicate creature and a cripple who had to wear a large , specially made boot as she had a shortened leg . |
| 29 | She was probably raped first as she had a horrible wound in the abdomen , undoubtedly caused by a grenade , as if to make an examination impossible . |
| 30 | Well , not entirely , as she had a little girl of eighteen months old and her husband was missing reported killed in a bombing raid over Germany . |