Example sentences of "as she [vb past] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |
| 2 | She travelled on to western Georgia and reached the Black Sea , but there her journeys ended as she suffered an infection from the bite of a tick which resulted in her death in Kutaisi , the west Georgian capital , 22 September 1840 . |
| 3 | She tried to analyse them as she took an afternoon walk along the road to Nidden one winter 's day . |
| 4 | Peter put out a hand and gripped Sarella by the shoulder as she took an involuntary pace forward . |
| 5 | ‘ May I give you a hand ? ’ her companion offered , as she took an unsteady step forward . |
| 6 | Have you come to try your luck ? ’ he asked in an undertone as she made an appearance beside him . |
| 7 | He reached her just as she made an attempt to stand , and caught hold of her upper arms . |
| 8 | Amelia 's face lit up as she kissed an ewok from the Star Wars films — a sight that left the adult helpers in her group struggling to fight back the tears . |
| 9 | Mavis drew me aside as soon as she saw an opportunity . |
| 10 | Rune 's eyes gleamed with pleasure as she detected an added warmth in the timbre of his voice . |
| 11 | The thought played over and over in her mind as she waved an absent-minded farewell and drove off into the night alone . |
| 12 | Ms Durante was suitably serene of line and firm of resolve , as she underwent an hallucinogenic rite de passage featuring dancing castles and badly-behaved kings . |
| 13 | He wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled as she wrapped an arm around his . |
| 14 | Luke withdrew his hand as she turned an agitated look his way . |
| 15 | As she sipped an aperitif it dawned on her that this would be the last social occasion which she and Luke would share , so why not just tread water ? |
| 16 | Sharon McKenna , a Catholic , was shot dead by the UVF as she helped an elderly Protestant friend on Belfast 's Shore Road . |
| 17 | The duchess put on the blindfold as she visited an orphanage in Kochedwice , Poland , on a visit for British charity Angels International yesterday . |