Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 | She dropped the keys into her bag and straightened up , a small cry escaping her as she walked straight into a large solid body . |
| 15 | But as she walked quickly through the enormous building she began to have doubts . |
| 16 | Annie disregarded the remark and as she walked out of the side door pushing the baby carriage Bessie turned to her employer . |
| 17 | The abortioned girl stared after Rachaela as she walked out of the gate and back along the street . |
| 18 | As she walked out of the workshop , she looked back at the flat they had been painting . |
| 19 | And then , one Saturday , as she walked listlessly through a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art , Caroline had run into a girl she knew from catalogue modelling . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | THE jury in the Teeside Crown Court trial of two men accused of attacking a 17-year-old girl as she walked home after a night out is expected to reach a verdict today . |
| 22 | A woman has been attacked and raped by two men as she walked home from a pub . |
| 23 | A SEX attacker who pounced on a woman early on Sunday in Troon as she walked home from a night out is still being hunted by police . |
| 24 | As she walked home in the dark , she thought to herself , ‘ Why is there always a catch to it ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And , as she walked innocently along a street to collect holiday snaps before returning to Lancashire , she was cut down by a bullet meant for a soldier . |
| 27 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Lisa smiled to herself as she walked back along the corridor that led to the drawing-room and the conservatory . |
| 30 | As she walked back towards the Presbytery to interview Father Kipling , she did not feel unhappy any more . |