Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she met his eyes as he smiled down at her , and she knew instinctively that all would be well . |
| 2 | Then she emptied her mind as the sweat poured . |
| 3 | Only the unfeeling Moor was left to succour her and she gritted her teeth as she began to climb a rocky incline , refusing to think about the future . |
| 4 | She gritted her teeth as she watched him swing the flexible whip between her legs . |
| 5 | Sitting between the driver and the sergeant , she gritted her teeth as her bones were pounded by every pothole in Port-au-Prince . |
| 6 | Hunting through her case for some lightweight shoes , and wondering if she could get away without having to wear any stockings , she gritted her teeth as she heard her name being called from the other room . |
| 7 | She made her way as best she could along the overgrown path , following the house wall . |
| 8 | She made us tea as well |
| 9 | She avoided his eyes as she placed the fresh drink on the table by his elbow , and the unchanging passivity of her face enraged him suddenly without reason . |
| 10 | Then she caught her breath as he appeared over the transom , his lean , dripping figure a more solid shape in the gloom . |
| 11 | He carried her case into the room she had chosen and she caught her breath as their eyes met . |
| 12 | He stretched lazily , and she caught her breath as she felt the sudden hardening of his body against hers . |
| 13 | She moved her head as he crossed the room and for a moment he thought she was going to speak to him . |
| 14 | A councillor member of a housing committee wanted to see information in a social services file on prospective adopting parents as she doubted their suitability as adopters . |
| 15 | She described their action as callous and insensitive . |
| 16 | Her parents got on badly , and she described her mother as extremely cold and rejecting . |
| 17 | She described her husband as going quite white and in tears . |
| 18 | She stopped his hands as they began to release the buttons . |
| 19 | But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’ |
| 20 | He stared at her , almost as if seeing his daughter for the very first time , his eyes boring into her , and she suffered his scrutiny as best she could . |
| 21 | She describes her style as sportif for work , more dressy when she 's with family and friends . |
| 22 | And she describes her lover as ‘ sweet ’ , which would immediately remind the audience of the cloying portrayal of Paris and Helen . |
| 23 | From 1538 , Mary , widow of Francis of Orleans , duke of Longueville , and then aged twenty-three , spent her life first as the wife of James V , when she fulfilled her function as queen by producing two sons , only to see both of them die , and then as queen dowager fighting to maintain her daughter 's interests . |
| 24 | She lifted her head as she did this , and seemed to look straight at him . |
| 25 | She ignored his tone as she pointed out , ‘ The letter said this weekend , which is n't far away . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ They were quite nice really , ’ she told her mother as they strolled and paused and looked and mused , ‘ but they were really good tennis players . |
| 27 | She recalled his expression as he had accused her of knowing where Garry was , and she knew he was n't the kind of man to give up easily . |
| 28 | She shook her head as she moved slowly towards him . |
| 29 | She turned her head as she heard the kitchen door click . |
| 30 | She was alone in the house and she turned her head as I walked into the kitchen . |