Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Oh , well , I 've made somebody 's day , ’ she said to herself as she walked briskly through the department , running her eye over the smooth operation of the unit . |
2 | As she walked briskly along the turning in the cold morning air Nellie spotted Aggie Temple busily whitening her front doorstep and she smiled to herself . |
3 | Leonora turned her back on the past , bracing herself against the wind as she walked briskly towards the spot where the cliff path began its decent to Seal Haven . |
4 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
5 | Eyes turned as she walked slowly across the room , brushing by this man and that . |
6 | She hardly had the energy to acknowledge the odd ‘ Well done , Kelly ’ she heard as she walked slowly towards the car park . |
7 | Donna tried to convince herself of that as she walked slowly around the ruins of Mountpelier Lodge . |
8 | It was a gesture that touched her , and as she walked away along the fragrant walkway towards the road up to Rosie 's villa she looked at her fingers in the moonlight , and found herself smiling . |
9 | The smile swept her face and she patted his hand , and then she had spun on her heel and the swing was in her hips as she walked away into the hurrying crowds . |
10 | Barefoot , she moved with the natural sinuousness of her race , and looking beyond her , Loc saw Jacques Devraux lift his eyes momentarily from his plate to follow the swaying movement of her hips as she walked away from the table . |
11 | She was white-faced but determined and the policemen stood back as she walked over towards the car . |
12 | She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart . |
13 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
14 | But as she walked quickly through the enormous building she began to have doubts . |
15 | Annie disregarded the remark and as she walked out of the side door pushing the baby carriage Bessie turned to her employer . |
16 | The abortioned girl stared after Rachaela as she walked out of the gate and back along the street . |
17 | As she walked out of the workshop , she looked back at the flat they had been painting . |
18 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
19 | As she walked home in the dark , she thought to herself , ‘ Why is there always a catch to it ? |
20 | The memory of the outcome brought a smile to her face on that Saturday morning as she walked down towards the crouching figure of Aggie . |
21 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
22 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
23 | Lisa smiled to herself as she walked back along the corridor that led to the drawing-room and the conservatory . |
24 | As she walked back towards the Presbytery to interview Father Kipling , she did not feel unhappy any more . |
25 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
26 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
27 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
28 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
29 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
30 | We were soon alongside the small vessel as she pitched uncomfortably in the short Channel seas at about six knots , and we requested her in our usual polite manner to divert into Folkestone for a customs examination . |