Example sentences of "she as [subord] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amsterdam was pulling on his gloves , smiling at her as if everything was all right with his world , keeping his tribulation to himself . |
| 2 | Then she buried her head in the pillow and the tears came and came , flowing out of her as if there was to be no end to them , ever . |
| 3 | Equity treats her as if she was the unmarried owner of it ; it lets her dispose of it as she pleases in her lifetime , it lets her leave it by will , it even lets her make contracts which can be enforced against it , and against it only . |
| 4 | He had asked her all about the kiosk , about where she lived ; treating her as if she was interesting and important , not a boring , silly old woman . |
| 5 | They gaped at her as if she was an alien from outer space , as she shook the snow from her fur cap and quilted jacket . |
| 6 | He did n't answer , just went on staring at her as if she was talking gibberish . |
| 7 | Then she skirted the table , gripped her stepmother by the shoulders , and began to shake her as if she was no more than a rag doll . |
| 8 | They addressed her as if she was the equivalent of a Sheikha . |
| 9 | As usual when drunk , he spoke to her as if she was at the other end of the street . |
| 10 | Lucenzo 's mother had emerged from the ballroom and was embracing her as if she was very precious . |
| 11 | The girl was studying her as if she was an amusing spectacle and Jenna assumed that she was . |
| 12 | The Frenchman treated me like a son ; his wife was a little more distant and cool so I complimented her and brought her small gifts , wooing her as if she was the maid . |
| 13 | At the same time , his hand slid gently from her shoulder to the curve of her hip , soothing her as if she was some young and frightened animal — as perhaps she was — and paused , one finger outlining , almost idly , the concealing lacy triangle of her briefs . |
| 14 | Spike looked at her as if she was a complete idiot . |
| 15 | He assessed her as if he was looking for flaws in a jewel . |
| 16 | Pansy looked at her as if he was trying to work out how to combine her with deuterium and to calculate the effects of the resulting explosion . |
| 17 | Those light eyes rested on her as if he was making a mental sketch of her face ; then he glanced at the slim gold watch on his wrist . |
| 18 | He was looking at her as if he was wondering , will she be all right ? |
| 19 | On her way out she paused , reaching up to slot the dā telo branch between the stones above the lintel , and the bull lowered its head threateningly and took a few steps towards her as if it was going to lunge . |
| 20 | How dared he treat her as if it was his right to inspect her with that insolent expression on his face ? |