Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as she [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lines of bitterness seemed more pronounced than ever as she rose from her chair and crossed to the door . |
| 2 | She gave him a rather languid finger wave and just as she disappeared under the wing float , he then realised she was only wearing a black sporran . |
| 3 | She tried frantically to struggle , but his strength was far greater than hers , and even as she pushed against him she was overwhelmed by a far more desperate need to hold him , to feel his strong body pressed against hers once more . |
| 4 | It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering . |
| 5 | The word ‘ magical ’ crops up time and again as she talks about her work . |
| 6 | The word ‘ magical ’ crops up time and again as she talks about her work . |
| 7 | That first night , after the shock had begun to abate , the vision of Benedict 's snarling features , the sound of molten rage in his voice , had come back to her again and again as she lay in her narrow cot bed , and she had wept . |
| 8 | It was worth more than £1 to her to see the child 's face ; and again as she watched from beyond the crowd — for she waited a little once she got free of the press . |
| 9 | Candy 's reaction had afforded her a certain degree of comfort at the time , but now as she sat in the dressing-room , she was aware of a strange hollowness deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 10 | Usually the familiar beauty of this place had the very opposite effect on her , but today as she headed towards Loch Lomond she was filled with a terrible sense of doom . |
| 11 | But even as she thought about its different feel of smooth dryness instead of stinging dampness , she suspected she had not felt a swab on her brow at all . |
| 12 | Surely the news could n't travel so fast ; but even as she emerged from the restaurant , the night manager was hovering in the foyer with a vague , Oh-shit-don't-tell-me look on his face . |
| 13 | As soon as she got to him , she would be his . |
| 14 | She resolved to ring Dana as soon as she got to the showroom . |
| 15 | She saw the note as soon as she got to the door . |
| 16 | As soon as she got into the house , Molly ran up the stone stairs to the kitchen tap before she switched on the light . |
| 17 | She had called him up from the bus station as soon as she got into the City . |
| 18 | As soon as she returned from Cornwall , having called on Liza at Four Winds , she rang up Freddie and suggested a date . |
| 19 | The vulnerability she had long felt was the open heart she had tried to close as soon as she looked into those powerful eyes . |
| 20 | It was there as soon as she passed through the doors of their East Side brownstone . |
| 21 | Ana knew it was Maggie as soon as she walked into the room . |
| 22 | ‘ As soon as she walked through the door all the memories came flooding back and she burst into tears , ’ Rosemary said . |
| 23 | As soon as she walked in Camille remembered the smell of dog . |
| 24 | As soon as she recovered from her surprise , she moved away so that he would not notice her . |
| 25 | She had been eating mechanically until now — the vol-au-vent , some olives , a sliver of cheese — trying unsuccessfully to drown the sensation of Tom 's kiss that she could still taste and feel so strongly on her lips , but , as soon as she bit into the juicy chicken wing with its sizzling red coating of spiced crumbs , her mouth began to burn with a very different feeling . |
| 26 | As soon as she drifted into sleep , she was back in the Close , her gaze locked on the white huddled figure . |
| 27 | glasses as soon as she went to another |
| 28 | " Oh , but you 've been in bed ! " she exclaimed as soon as she went round the angle . |
| 29 | Mrs Frizzell was immediately suspicious To get so much sympathy and then to get a handout as soon as she asked for it , was unnerving . |
| 30 | It is clearly inappropriate to involve Julie in a prolonged conversation as soon as she arrives on the ward . |