Example sentences of "[verb] as she [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Leonora bristled as she marched into the other room , realising she 'd expected murmurs of appreciation to greet her offering . |
2 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
3 | There was something about the atmosphere of a theatre that never failed to stir her blood , Shannon mused as she walked along the corridors . |
4 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
5 | Anne exclaimed as she came into the . |
6 | Turning from him , she pulled her blanket up to her shoulders and tried to recline her seat , frowning as she hunted for the button . |
7 | Fran glanced back at the heap of cuttings , frowning as she sorted through the pile . |
8 | Penry stood at the foot of the stairs , frowning as she plugged in the transistor to listen to Radio Four while she ate . |
9 | The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen . |
10 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
11 | Mrs Appleby nodded as she cut into the pork pie . |
12 | The shunt happened as she turned into the drive of Ludgrove School , at Wokingham , Berks . |
13 | But what she forgot as she jogged on the spot was that even though time might have stood still for her , it has moved on for her 31-year-old husband Slim Jim McDonald . |
14 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
15 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
16 | She sighed as she thought of the constant drudgery . |
17 | A young ‘ chic ’ girl placed herself in his empty place , fixing her eye liner in the fake sun light of the train , sighed as she looked around the carriage and then smiled to herself , there was obviously no competition so she failed to add an extra layer of lip-stick . |
18 | Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen . |
19 | She sighed as she padded through the spacious , marble-floored apartment to the kitchen to rinse out the glasses before her shower — if she did n't wash them Steve would n't . |
20 | However , her feet dragged as she went towards the office , where she found Silas listening to the answering machine while Doreen recorded the messages . |
21 | ‘ Nana , you know , I ca n't cross the fording in my shoes any more , ’ she began as she came through the gap in the severely-clipped hedge . |
22 | Lucy giggled as she thought of the small room next to her own . |
23 | ‘ You ca n't afford me , ’ she giggled as she fled to the bathroom . |
24 | Bernice grinned as she walked into the Conference Room . |
25 | It is a rarity for a horse of Lyric Fantasy 's ability to be offered for public sale , and the Park Paddocks ' arena at Newmarket was packed as she came into the ring . |
26 | And , with a gasp , she freed herself , stumbling backwards , her head bent as she struggled against the hunger and disappointment that clamoured inside her . |
27 | Fabia smiled , and discovered as she stood under the shower , that she was cheerfully humming a snatch of one of Dvořák 's Humoresques . |
28 | The crowd had parted to let them through , and Kathleen 's fear for herself vanished as she took in the scene . |
29 | The ships had some 10 miles to go ; the MLs had used their extra fuel and filled the spare tanks with seawater as they stole into the estuary in two columns , headed by MGB 314 : These motorboats are difficult to handle at slow speed and Campbeltown was sluggish , but at speed she drew an extra foot aft and every inch counted as she came towards the mud . |
30 | Now her head dipped as she pried at the fissure of a half-split nail . |