Example sentences of "as she [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nichol , formerly of Regal Drive , Darlington , has denied the attempted murder of Mrs Chandler on August 29 , 1990 as she walked to Scorton , North Yorkshire . |
| 2 | An eleven year old girl has been raped as she walked to school . |
| 3 | An eleven year old girl has been raped as she walked to school . |
| 4 | Thousands of children are being warned not to go out alone after an eleven year old girl was raped as she walked to school . |
| 5 | The 11 year old was grabbed from behind as she walked to school along this path in Milton Keynes . |
| 6 | He says a rape in daylight involving an 11 year old as she walked to school is particularly serious . |
| 7 | The girl was attacked as she walked to school along a footpath on the Two Mile Ash estate , last Thursday . |
| 8 | The 83-year-old Roman Catholic nun , winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize , fell as she walked to chapel at one of the Rome residences of the order she founded , the Missionary Sisters of Charity . |
| 9 | She thought of all the changes the news would make in her life as she walked to Egremont Street and wondered how soon her brothers and friends and dancing partners would be called up . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Rose , as she listened to Léonie 's questions , took off her black cardigan , rolled up her black sleeves . |
| 12 | As she listened to Amsterdam she became more sure by the minute that Timothy was n't quite the same as he 'd been when he had left the house that morning . |
| 13 | And these questions pursued her , buzzing like mosquitoes , as she walked up Marylebone High Street with her briefcase , as she crossed the Edgware Road , as she joined the conference group for sherry in the Westminster Suite , as she discovered that Edgar had rightly warned her that conversing with Japanese was not easy , as she ate her indifferent luncheon of Maryland chicken , as she listened to Professor Yamamoto speak on Spenser 's reinterpretation of Freud 's interpretation of folie à deux in the classic case of Orphan Eva and her mother , as she delivered her own paper , as she attempted desperately to follow the ensuing discussion , of which she could grasp only one word in ten : all through this crazy jumble of non-language and misunderstanding , of erudition and impenetrable obscurity , of meaningless signs and uninterpretable eye contact , the mosquitoes buzzed and nipped and drew blood . |
| 14 | With Urquhart upstairs , Blanche felt the satisfaction of post-coital revenge , as she listened to Roger 's crackly voice , pleading for a meeting . |
| 15 | ‘ They were n't wrong , those girls , ’ thought Marie as she listened to Bella clashing the crockery in the kitchen , her walking-frame squeaking over the lino as she pushed it about . |
| 16 | She held an ebony flute with silver keys on her lap and she caressed it absently as she listened to Francie . |
| 17 | Tears were streaming down Cora-Beth 's face as she clung to Harry 's hand . |
| 18 | The words echoed in Isabel 's head as she clung to Chalon 's saddle , where fitzAlan 's shove had sent her , and watched the four soldiers size up the situation . |
| 19 | As she revealed to writer Sherwood Anderson , she had made a conscious decision to limit the type of image she believed had been most susceptible to critical misreadings in 1923 : |
| 20 | However she did not work in isolation of the sales figures and shop reports , which she read avidly and , as she wrote to Moira : ‘ I feel that we hit it in many respects but we do n't seem to repeat the exciting things fast though . ’ |
| 21 | It had been all she could do , as she wrote to Ellen : |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ she told me as she went to bed that night . |
| 23 | God knew what effect this would have on Mrs Browning , but as she went to bed that night she had no feelings of optimism left and already there yawned ahead a great void . |
| 24 | Liz put it on her bedroom mantelpiece , and touched it , every morning on rising , and every night as she went to bed . |
| 25 | And finally , as she went to bed , she heard them singing softly , shushing each other and giggling , as one clear voice ( Sue 's , she recognized ) carried on the melody . |
| 26 | Next morning , Dot was surprised when Gloria got up early and left for the Housing Applicant Office the same time as she went to school . |
| 27 | As SHE went to press , the campaign for registration was debated in the House of Lords to whom we sent the results of the SHE survey . |
| 28 | SOCCER boss Graeme Souness comforted his lover Karen Levy yesterday as she went to court to get cash from her ex-husband . |
| 29 | As she slept in her Italian-designed tube steel bed with the iron-grey duvet , she felt sure that Steve in the room across the corridor must know who was in there with her , and as she went to work next day , she felt sure that everyone must see what she was dragging with her . |
| 30 | The conversation carried on for half an hour and then they parted company as she went to work and he went off to his job . |