Example sentences of "as she [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a scrape as she brought a taper forth from a tin box and leaned towards the fire to light it . |
| 2 | She broke off , colour running up her face as she pressed a guilty hand to her mouth . |
| 3 | She shook her head , still trembling as she pressed a hand to her mouth . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank you , miss , I 'm sure , ’ he said , as she unearthed a pile of the fearsome periodicals beloved by the lamented Mrs Dibdin . |
| 5 | As she spent a night at his cotside in London 's Great Ormond Street Hospital , 40-year-old Andreas phoned . |
| 6 | The Baronne 's gathering frown dispersed almost magically as she espied a flat be-ribboned box on the tray . |
| 7 | She managed to cook again , and her depression eased as she achieved a measure of independence and joined in the family 's social activities once more . |
| 8 | ‘ Politicians have n't done a lot for me , ’ she said as she shared a burger with her three-year-old daughter Joanna . |
| 9 | He raised a cool eyebrow at Virginia as she spooned a strawberry into her mouth . |
| 10 | There was an odd lump in her throat , thinking of Mrs Rundle thinking of her and Jonathon and Victoria as she stirred a Christmas pudding or chopped fruit for mincemeat in her new home . |
| 11 | She felt her brassiere tighten uncomfortably as she heaved a vicious sigh . |
| 12 | ‘ Knew it would help , ’ said Iris with an air of satisfaction as she heaved a sofa back into place . |
| 13 | The only reality of the event had been her mother 's reaction , which was silent , grim , and grudging to the last ; not a tear did she shed , and after the funeral , as she turned away from the graveside and started to walk slowly through the cemetery mud she set her mouth in that prophetic way , and straightened her thick body , and then , as she passed a gravestone announcing that death is but a separation , she opened her mouth and said , " Well , he 's gone , and I ca n't say I 'm sorry . " |
| 14 | Maria 's heart clenched as she slanted a look at his grim countenance . |
| 15 | Her pale , oval face framed with raven-dark hair and her slender , high-breasted figure betrayed the Louisiana French blood in her veins , and the officer smiled directly into her eyes as she lifted a glass of fresh lime juice and glace pilee from his tray with a white-gloved hand . |
| 16 | She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile . |
| 17 | Isabel gasped at the strength of his grip , her senses reeling as she fought a wild impulse to melt into the crushing pressure of his embrace . |
| 18 | She finished her supper of pork and sauerkraut then , as she had a coffee , Herr Nordern joined her and the family and had coffee himself . |
| 19 | This was only natural as she had a reputation for secrecy . |
| 20 | Well , not entirely , as she had a little girl of eighteen months old and her husband was missing reported killed in a bombing raid over Germany . |
| 21 | She found this very difficult to keep to , as she had a sweet tooth and loved cakes . |
| 22 | She was in trouble as she had a ‘ funny mark running all the way up the knitting ’ . |
| 23 | She is ranked sufficiently highly to have gone straight into the main draw , but made it clear that the Games were inconvenient for her schedule this years , as she had a lot of points to defend in tournaments . |
| 24 | She was probably raped first as she had a horrible wound in the abdomen , undoubtedly caused by a grenade , as if to make an examination impossible . |
| 25 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 26 | My mother was a delicate creature and a cripple who had to wear a large , specially made boot as she had a shortened leg . |
| 27 | Jay never went to conferences , but as she accepted a lift with Lucy , he smiled with open pleasure . |
| 28 | bursting out of a cling-film top as she accepted a Variety Club award . |
| 29 | Harry poured her a drink and noticed that her hand was shaking as she accepted a light for her cigarette . |
| 30 | The thought was frantic as she dragged a desperate breath into her lungs . |