Example sentences of "as she [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember once thinking my mother was stark raving bonkers as she regaled me with a tale of the time she scrimped for six months to buy a pair of elbow length , white kid evening gloves , which set her back the equivalent of two weeks ' wages . |
| 2 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 3 | She used to toss her head as she passed me , as if I was something nasty on the roadside that should n't be looked at . |
| 4 | As she passed me , I caught a whiff of a clean , peachy perfume — the sort of scent women buy for themselves . |
| 5 | What most humiliating was the odd glint that showed in her eyes as she studied me . |
| 6 | I am very fond of her and I respect her as she respects me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 8 | As she heard me going on about the luncheon party she pulled a face . |
| 9 | Lisabeth appeared in her doorway as she heard me coming back up . |
| 10 | As she bade me goodbye and began to walk down the drive , she used her left leg while walking to set the distaff twirling . |
| 11 | And presses her face close to the glass as she passes me . |
| 12 | She gripped my arms as she hugged me , as if to reassure herself I was n't going to disappear . |
| 13 | Her hands rested on it as she surveyed me with calm enquiry . |
| 14 | I squealed , as she led me outside . |
| 15 | But her eyes were fail of pain as she led me through to the lounge . |
| 16 | I will not take no unless I know she really means it , as strongly as she kissed me . |
| 17 | She stopped as soon as she saw me . |
| 18 | ‘ As soon as she saw me on the doorstep I felt she knew something . |
| 19 | The man , who can not be named , told police : ‘ I wanted to hurt her as she hurt me . ’ |
| 20 | The man told detectives : ‘ I only wanted to hurt her as she hurt me . ’ |
| 21 | She sounded distant and cold as she told me she would marry the man her father had selected from millions , and that was the end of it . |
| 22 | Her voice was shaking as she told me that on returning from the cinema a couple of weeks earlier she had been grabbed from behind , dragged into an alley and viciously raped at knifepoint . |
| 23 | Myra sobbed as she told me that , although many men were attracted to her — and she to them — as soon as the relationship reached the stage of even the most innocent physical contact , such as a gentle kiss or even holding hands , something in her forced her to draw back and run away from the situation . |
| 24 | She was pleased at the distinction , and amused , as she told me , that twice she had been decorated by a Labour government ; she almost felt she ought to vote for them ! |
| 25 | As she told me : ‘ I had no question about saying straight away after our first picture together that Kenneth Williams was the one I would choose to spend time with on a desert island . ’ |
| 26 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 27 | When I first came home I thought I would stay with my mother as long as she needed me , then I would go back . |
| 28 | I asked Ruth as she joined me . |
| 29 | She was apparently christened Ann , but , as she informed me , ‘ I think Angelique is more me , somehow , ’ |'; Laura grinned . |
| 30 | ’ I screamed and kicked as she held me . |