Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [v-ing] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused and he raised his eyebrows as if inviting her to go on . |
| 2 | The social worker seemed to be dangling that last word before Gilly 's nose , as if expecting her to jump up on her hind legs and dance for it . |
| 3 | ‘ May I ? ’ he would say , as if asking her to dance . |
| 4 | as if sensing she had finished , Lyddy came softly in and began to light lamps and draw the curtains , gently pulling Alexandra back to reality . |
| 5 | He looked at her as if challenging her to argue with him and Alyssia had the drowning feeling of someone whose control had been very efficiently whipped out of her grasp . |
| 6 | In that giving she found completion and happiness beyond all expectation . |