Example sentences of "her [adv] [adv] as [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |
2 | Carrying her as easily as if she were made of feathers , Dane strode out towards the cottage . |
3 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
4 | I killed her as surely as if I had stabbed her with a knife , shot her with a gun , squeezed her neck between my hands . |
5 | Through the brushed cotton of her sweater she could feel the pressure of his fingers , his touch scorching her as surely as if it had been on her bare skin . |
6 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
7 | She could see a decision path dividing in front of her as plainly as if it was real . |
8 | With his eyes closed he could see her as clearly as if she were standing in front of him . |
9 | He released her , his fingers still loosely in the escaped strands of her hair , staring at her as blankly as if she were some phantom being from another incarnation , a mythical seductress beamed unexpectedly into the passenger seat of his car . |
10 | She instructed him to wash her , and was surprised when he soaped her as gently as if she was a baby . |