Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] as [subord] she " in BNC.

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1 Vitor seemed to have something beneath his skin which had connected with something beneath hers , and her breathing was quickening , her pulses raced , she no longer felt as if she was standing on solid ground .
2 Charlie was dead keen on Lilian doing him credit and she always did , always looked as if she 'd just stepped out of a bandbox .
3 His mother always looked as if she had dressed up for the occasion , which indeed she had .
4 He knew that he was oversensitive to the timbre of the human voice and hers , although not jarring or unpleasant , sounded a little forced as if she were deliberately speaking at an unnatural pitch .
5 She was deathly pale , her face almost swollen as if she had spent her life in tears .
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