Example sentences of "as she [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 2 | As she walked along the High Street , these thoughts had infiltrated her mind like the scouts of an advancing army of depression and self-pity . |
| 3 | The fifteen year old victim told police she was assaulted a year ago as she walked along the High Street in Oxford . |
| 4 | As she walked into the big sitting-room , Mike Booker walked into the suite again . |
| 5 | Matt , thought Sara , as she walked towards the Black Lion . |
| 6 | Fran took a deep breath then opened the door , willing her legs to support her as she walked across the weed-strewn gravel towards him . |
| 7 | As she walked down the tree-lined road in the pitch black she managed to suppress her fear of the dark . |
| 8 | The eighteen year old woman was grabbed by a man in his thirties as she walked down the isolated track . |
| 9 | Katherine , as she walked through the enlarged sweep of the living room with its creamy raw silk textures , its mix of low-slung sofas and older more ornately curved chairs , was radiant with satisfaction . |
| 10 | ‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room . |
| 11 | Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone . |
| 12 | Telling herself she was an idiot , she pulled her thoughts together and made an effort to concentrate upon what he was saying , and as she listened to the pleasant tones of his deep voice she realised he was on the subject of white-water rafting . |
| 13 | She considered all this as she listened to the heated opinions forced upon her outside the shop ( where the throbbing engine of the Findus delivery van obliged everyone to shout ) , on the corner by the church and at two other points on her route back to Greystones . |
| 14 | As she listened to the faint smack of the sea on the rocks below , she thought again , regretfully , of Angus . |
| 15 | At first she thought of wolves as she listened to the furtive movement in the woods to each side of the river . |
| 16 | As she listened to the unfamiliar male tone , neither option appealed . |
| 17 | But later , as she listened to the English accents of the Customs men , her feeling of anti-climax evaporated a little . |
| 18 | As she listened to the sweet voices of the children coming from the church , and thought of the pain she had experienced in her short life , tears came to her eyes . |
| 19 | Christina 's feet slipped on the highly polished wooden floor as she flopped into an antique mahogany rocking-chair positioned in front of a big open window , affording uninterrupted views of the ocean and a cooling breeze from off the sea . |
| 20 | Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it . |
| 21 | The 41-year-old mother realised she was being followed by two men as she returned to a multi-storey car park after a lunchtime trip to a supermarket in Fareham , Hants . |
| 22 | Her aunt 's scissors flashed in the light like exclamation marks as she snipped into the flimsy stuff . |
| 23 | All of which became hidden as she shrugged on an oversized khaki shirt , the sleeves hitched up to her elbows . |
| 24 | But as she kept to the inside edge of the footpath to avoid being splashed by the congestion of horse-drawn vehicles her gaze turned to the heart of the city , and all at once her spirits lifted . |
| 25 | All eyes will be on Vina Buller today as she goes into the final showjumping phase in the lead of the National Championship sponsored by Heineken at Punchestown in Co Kildare . |
| 26 | ‘ Please do n't be out , ’ she murmured to the empty car as she drove along the quiet country roads . |
| 27 | The residents of Monte Samana were just beginning to stir , and the smell of strong Spanish coffee wafted from open windows and balconies as she drove along the flower-edged lanes of the complex and out of the main gate towards the village . |
| 28 | Grey House was a very exclusive girls ' school , and as she drove into the extensive grounds the next morning Jenna felt the peace of the place close over her as usual . |
| 29 | Whereas I scurry aimlessly from this to that , thought Alix , as she drove through the dark evening : they block one path , I try another , and so it goes on , thought Alix , who at times thought no such thing , and was not thinking it now with much conviction . |
| 30 | Home , she thought dismally as she drove up the gravelly drive . |