Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 2 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted softly as she continued to stare at herself in the full-length mirror . |
| 4 | Because , ’ she qualified hastily as he broke stride to look narrowly at her , ‘ I 've never travelled this way before . |
| 5 | She tumbled lazily as she racked her memory and the air line started to twist round her body . |
| 6 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 7 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed lamely as she stared somewhat helplessly at the enormous four-poster bed that dominated the room . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed softly as she drew his head back to hers . |
| 10 | The daughter of a woman with Huntingdon 's chorea who had been in a nursing home described the care she got there as |
| 11 | She straightened again as Travis returned with a branch . |
| 12 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 13 | ‘ What happened to the paintings my father did before the divorce ? ’ she asked coldly as he invited her to sit . |
| 14 | ‘ How much sort of ? ’ she asked weakly as vague memories of vast station properties stirred . |
| 15 | ‘ Is anything wrong ? ’ she asked anxiously as they left the town behind them . |
| 16 | ‘ What is it ? ’ she asked anxiously as Rachel pressed the button and immediately began re-dialling . |
| 17 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 18 | ‘ Has that any special significance ? ’ she asked bravely as she crumpled down on to the blanket and gazed up at him . |
| 19 | ‘ What 's the problem ? ’ she asked briskly as she walked into the room . |
| 20 | ‘ How 's Domino ? ’ she asked tightly as they all three sat drinking coffee on the terrace . |
| 21 | ‘ So , who 's going to pay for the coffee ? ’ she asked drily as she recharged the filter yet again during the afternoon . |
| 22 | ‘ Have I offended you , Maggie ? ’ she asked quietly as Mitch went off to climb quite dangerously to get a shot . |
| 23 | ‘ Which ones ? ’ she asked demurely as she ignored the proffered chair and placed herself between Gioella and Ludovico . |
| 24 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 25 | ‘ How long will it take us to get there ? ’ she asked conversationally as they left Mariánské Láznë behind . |
| 26 | ‘ Mouse-like ? ’ she asked huskily as she eyed his enormous frame . |
| 27 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , did you ? ’ she asked derisively as she got to her feet . |
| 29 | She became there as the week went on and as we seriously , intently were able to talk to her and even comb her hair . |
| 30 | Almost equal , but not quite , because Luke still seemed to retain a vestige of control while she trembled wildly as his hands slid adroitly up over her ribcage to cup her breasts from beneath , lifting them to the swooping descent of his dark head ; and she heard him mutter intensely again just before his mouth took voluptuous possession of the heated hardness of one exquisitely sensitive nipple . |