Example sentences of "and she [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the man she loved , and she felt as if she were floating above the ground . |
| 2 | Her heart began to thud erratically , and she felt as if a great weight was pressing down on her making it difficult to breathe . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's asking to speak to you , and she sounds as if she 's crying . ’ |
| 4 | Jessie was sitting up straight now , the tears running down her face , and she asked as a child might , ‘ What am I going to do ? ’ |
| 5 | A searching , frantic hand savagely grasped Maggie 's hip , and she yelped as sharp nails pierced her skin . |
| 6 | And she walked as if she knew where she was going . |
| 7 | ‘ We perform — ’ ‘ Yes , ’ confirmed Vicky , ‘ we are players , ’ and she made as if to sweep on majestically . |
| 8 | and she said as , well what she used to say about it was nobody 's business ! |
| 9 | Her hands trembled too badly to cook and she sweated as if in the tropics . |
| 10 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 11 | During World War I she was amongst the pacifist seceders from the NUWSS and she worked as a representative of the No-Conscription Fellowship for conscientious objectors at their trials by tribunal and for the Women 's Peace Crusade . |
| 12 | And Hilda was her maiden name , last seen forty nine years ago , she lived on Estate , , Nottingham and she worked as a labeller in the bottle department of Brewery . |
| 13 | Suddenly unease rose inside her and she faltered as a sudden thought struck her . |
| 14 | That 's to say , she had firm features and smartly cut , possibly dyed hair obviously kept under regular control , and she behaved as if she had known a time when she turned every head and expected you to be aware of this too . |
| 15 | He turned his face back to her and she shook as if with a sudden , electric shock . |
| 16 | She was twenty-eight , I discovered ; her parents ( mother French , father English ) had separated some years previously when Pater had done a runner with a bimbo ; and she toiled as a handmaiden of the arts , rendering fresh the faded pigments of yesteryear . |
| 17 | The icy stream took her breath away and she gasped as the water poured through her hair and ran down her face . |
| 18 | Then abruptly he took one pointing nipple between his lips , pulling on it , and she gasped as a streak of fire ran through her , and his hands grew urgent , the thrusting caresses of his long fingers so expert that fulfilment soon came flooding in shock-waves which surged through her entire body . |