Example sentences of "as she [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart was pounding fearfully as she slowly looked over her shoulder . |
| 2 | A question which remained obstinately hovering in her mind as she slowly slipped into a deep sleep . |
| 3 | Steve asked , grinning widely as she finally dabbed at her eyes . |
| 4 | It seemed to Helen that the room became very warm and enclosed : she basked , as she later thought of it . |
| 5 | She brought her hands up , clasped them together , said impulsively , ‘ Oh , do say yes , Dr Neil , sir , Miss Mates — help a poor , lonely orphan , ’ and this last flew out without her even thinking , and certainly dissolved Miss Mates , even if Dr C , as she privately thought of him , looked a little sardonic . |
| 6 | He only had eyes for Mary , especially as she immediately burst into tears . |
| 7 | Now , as she wearily trailed behind him into the main living-room , Laura 's nose wrinkled at the musty , stale atmosphere of the room . |
| 8 | Lindsey smiled as she also rose to her feet . |
| 9 | She mumbled something and blushed as she hastily climbed into the car . |
| 10 | Peter did not think Anna should have told the children anything about it , but she was not , as she frequently said to him , that kind of mother . |
| 11 | He knew if he had only played ball , she would have been more than pleased to accommodate him , as she probably thought of it , when his attentions were not engaged elsewhere . |
| 12 | As she repeatedly pointed to the backdrop slogan , ‘ The Right Team for Britain 's Future ’ , Viscount Whitelaw , the former deputy prime minister , tried to bring the adulation to close by bellowing ‘ No more , no more ’ and ringing the chairman 's bell . |
| 13 | Not that Susanna Cellini — or Belford-Cellini as she apparently preferred to be known — would be impressed , but neither could she be disparaging . |
| 14 | Mary de Wint ranked with Mrs Fields in seniority , though , as she never worked in the Hall , when Mrs Fields was off Staff Nurse Robins , the next in line , took her place . |
| 15 | Miss Ruth or Miss Joan , as she still thought of Mrs Lovell and Mrs Young , could probably do with a hand . |
| 16 | At home , as she still thought of it , the evening had been one of shared companionship and merrymaking but here , once joined by the family , the workers were subdued , their voices muted . |
| 17 | ‘ It would give you and Miss Liza ’ — as she still referred to Celia 's mother — ‘ a bit of a break . ’ |
| 18 | He could see her bare arms gleam whitely for a moment as she too disappeared into the shadow down the side of the building . |
| 19 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , ’ she muttered as she deliberately refused to even consider the implications of his statement , of that strong body being in a wheelchair , diminished , the arrogance dimmed . |
| 21 | ‘ Just follow your little heart , ’ she commented ; as she ever did in matters of important self-expression . ) |
| 22 | Then , as she quickly shrugged into it , he stated evenly ‘ Despite how it looks , Fabia , I did n't bring you to Prague to seduce you . ’ |
| 23 | I crawl , I kiss your arse , do everything — ’ She had worked herself up into a state of almost incoherent fury , like a child in a tantrum , tears streaming down her face and her whole body shaking in a sort of passion as she suddenly flew at him , clawing with her nails . |
| 24 | Among the more imaginative was the one simply entitled ‘ La Puce ’ ( The Flea ) in which a young lady was obliged to strip herself garment by garment as she systematically searched for her unwelcome insect companion . |
| 25 | Throngs of people blocked her way , then parted in surprise as she blindly ran through them . |
| 26 | He sat above Daisy , talking gently to her , as she gradually sank into the bog . |
| 27 | She went out of the room longing to slam the door as she often did at home , but she did n't dare to here . |
| 28 | Tamar called back , as she almost ran from the room . |
| 29 | She had n't expected him to be simply standing there , watching her , and her breath caught in a small gasp as she almost collided with him . |
| 30 | You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’ |