Example sentences of "[adv] as she [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she had to confess , much as she hated to , that it felt nice to be on amicable terms with Jake . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ Melissa murmured aloud as she listened to his footsteps pattering through the hall , followed by the slam of the outer door , ‘ there goes a man with a guilty secret . |
| 3 | Reacting to him physically , just as she used to all those years ago . |
| 4 | She held an ebony flute with silver keys on her lap and she caressed it absently as she listened to Francie . |
| 5 | Because if she had n't done it , if she was exactly as she appeared to be — warm , vibrant , witty , and sensual — he was going to have to marry her , and he knew it . |
| 6 | As soon as she got to him , she would be his . |
| 7 | She resolved to ring Dana as soon as she got to the showroom . |
| 8 | She saw the note as soon as she got to the door . |
| 9 | glasses as soon as she went to another |
| 10 | She was to tell me what she was doing and to stop as soon as she wanted to . |
| 11 | SOCCER boss Graeme Souness comforted his lover Karen Levy yesterday as she went to court to get cash from her ex-husband . |
| 12 | The 11 year old was grabbed from behind as she walked to school along this path in Milton Keynes . |
| 13 | He turned and watched blearily as she walked to the table , picked up the empty glass and departed again without once raising her eyes to look at him . |
| 14 | She found Clelia 's company extraordinarily entertaining , and bracing only in so far as she liked to be braced : she could hardly follow a word , for instance , of the art references in her conversation , but Clelia managed somehow to combine a great air of erudition and abstruseness with a marked facility for making explanations , so that ignorance was no bar to amusement . |
| 15 | She could go as often as she wanted to the clinic , but they wo n't come out to her |
| 16 | She had remembered all too well as she spoke to Glyn . |
| 17 | Her curls bounced enchantingly as she clung to her father 's arm , dimpling at Auguste . |
| 18 | The memory gave her confidence , and , savouring it , she held her head high as she spoke to Silas with quiet dignity . |
| 19 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 20 | Then as she started to unbutton her blouse she moved around the bed and sat down , turning her head to one side to read the titles of the books in the mellow light from the table lamp . |
| 21 | Yet as she sank to the floor and died they fell back , they shrank back and made the space for her she had needed for life . |
| 22 | She tugged at the sides of the hammock and hooked her head forward as she whispered to Ariel , who was standing away from her , the moss she had been using dripping water on to the dust . |
| 23 | He scrutinised her face anxiously as she listened to her mother , and when her eyes turned languidly towards him , he smiled and stroked her hand more earnestly . |
| 24 | No , to hell with waiting until tomorrow to deliver her message to the bastard , she thought grimly as she marched to the door and yanked it open . |
| 25 | She was shivering uncontrollably as she walked to her cabin . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , did you ? ’ she asked derisively as she got to her feet . |
| 27 | But they could n't be that stupid , Vi reasoned derisively as she nodded to Sister Annunciata and called , ‘ Father says you 're to make the tea . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Modern Greek , ’ she said , only a little breathlessly as she scrambled to her knees and began a series of back stretches . |