Example sentences of "[vb pp] as she [vb past] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katherine 's voice cracked as she called her daughter 's name , and she repeated herself , more softly this time . |
| 2 | Chantal 's mouth dropped as she opened her apartment door and registered the sodden , bedraggled figure on the landing . |
| 3 | She listened , her little finger cocked as she held her coffee cup poised above its saucer . |
| 4 | Her body was racked by sobs , muffled as she pressed her head against his chest . |
| 5 | Earlier , Mrs Dart had sobbed as she recalled her daughter 's fear of confined spaces . |
| 6 | Earlier , Mrs Dart had sobbed as she recalled her daughter 's fear of confined spaces . |
| 7 | The dining-room was crowded as she made her way to the open buffet table . |
| 8 | Her pulses quickened as she ran her hand delicately along his collarbone , over his biceps and back to his chest . |
| 9 | His head rose above the floor level of the hay-loft in time to see a great deal more of Melody than he had anticipated as she slipped her ragged clothes back on . |
| 10 | It was this that had precipitated Charley 's act of violence towards Rose , whom he had grabbed as she parked her car , forcing her to drive to the van . |
| 11 | How any attempt was going to be made when she was in Mariánské Láznë and Ven in Prague , she had n't fathomed as she made her way down to breakfast . |
| 12 | The tingling of Tommaso 's breath in her ear persisted as she made her way home ; though she could see no one around her , she felt eyes at her back , sucking out her secrets like cupping glasses burning against her skin . |
| 13 | Caroline 's mouth tightened as she made her way past the library , where a copy of his itinerary lay propped beside the telephone . |
| 14 | A white petticoat danced as she lifted her bare right leg . |
| 15 | Ryan believes Johanna was abducted as she made her way to his house to try to patch things up . |
| 16 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |