Example sentences of "as she [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 2 | She had all but crawled downstairs to answer the imperative summons , yawning as she tugged open the door . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're right , ’ he observed , as she flopped breathless on the deck , ‘ you really are incredibly unfit . ’ |
| 4 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 5 | Breeze talked away for all she was worth as she cut bread-and-butter in the draughty old kitchen , but she knew that her sister was n't really listening . |
| 6 | ‘ Know what ? ’ asked Dieter as she seemed unable to go on . |
| 7 | There was an impression that my milkmaid friend was what is called well-connected , and I am glad to say that as she grew old she was , as it were , gathered in , to be near her relatives . |
| 8 | Its familiarity would be her comfort as she grew old without Juan . |
| 9 | The air hung with an antiseptic aroma peculiar to hospitals , and as she passed elderly sick people Lucy suddenly felt very young and healthy . |
| 10 | She broke off as she noticed Trusty shaking her head sadly . |
| 11 | Caroline gave Nicolo a final cold glare as she wrenched free of him . |
| 12 | When she asked her opinion of a radio programme , Mrs O replied that , as she had total hearing loss , she did n't hear the programme . |
| 13 | Since the advent of Felicity , she had gone up to sleep in the attic — an arrangement she preferred , as she had absolute privacy up there , and as luck would have it , there was an electric fire , so that she could use it as a study . |
| 14 | As she had little dress sense , only a vague fear that any hat or dress she chose might be vulgar , so she had no sense of a possible style in which to decorate a house , or even a dining table , for Christmas . |
| 15 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , he 'll perk up , Miss Vine , ’ Mrs Abigail said , mustering further cheerfulness as she emptied roast beef , potatoes , brussels sprouts and gravy on to a cold plate . |
| 17 | Yet the night stole in with habitual , velvet gentleness , as she sang low and hoarse : |
| 18 | When Margaret died in 1790 , she bequeathed Sunk Island in the form of shares to a bewildering number of relatives , and as she died childless , here the name ‘ Gylby ’ dies out . |
| 19 | The publican had looked at her several times as she offered little posies of limp flowers to customers for a penny a time . |
| 20 | Yet he 'd been incredibly gentle after she 'd hit him , and it was Leo 's face in her mind as she fell asleep , not Ryan 's . |
| 21 | The blind woman quivered as she skryed light years outward through the warp , obeying the disciplines of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica , seeking contact with the mind of some other Astropath serving the fortress-monastery at Vindict V. |
| 22 | Instead , he held Karen 's hand in Manchester County Court as she sued wealthy fashion wholesaler Jonathan Levy . |
| 23 | She supposed it was magic , probably it only happened when you swung your head up in a certain way , she would test that tomorrow , and as she dropped asleep it lay alongside the tickets of paper with the numbers she had written , and the tar bubbles and the sun that made red horses and brown splotches when she closed her eyes . |
| 24 | Kate stopped in her tracks as she applied red lipstick . |
| 25 | She had always pitied Kathleen and never liked Cormac , who had not tried to protect his sister , but now as she lay awake at night she saw him for what he was : a pitiable victim of his mother 's obsession . |
| 26 | Her mother seemed scarcely to breathe as she lay immobile , and Anne felt a tremendous surge of relief when the cellar door opened and Helen came down the steps . |
| 27 | She was terribly conscious of the lewd position she 'd been forced to adopt , and was very aware of her thighs spread wide as she lay defenceless on her back , doubled up like a jack-knife . |
| 28 | Eve certainly would n't like her business being discussed as she lay unconscious . |
| 29 | That Pretty Polly was something out of the ordinary was confirmed as she sailed unbeaten through a nine-race campaign as a two-year-old and continued to carry all before her in 1904 , notching up facile victories in the One Thousand Guineas ( at 4–1 on ) , the Oaks ( 100–8 on ) , the Coronation Stakes ( 5–1 on ) , the Nassau Stakes ( 33–1 on ) , the St Leger ( 5–2 on ) and — just two days after the final Classic — the Park Hill Stakes ( 25–1 on ) . |
| 30 | He came in and sat next to Juliet , watching her as she checked fluid-balance sheets . |