Example sentences of "just as she had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet she had felt something , some quick negative flicker at his casual reference to the promise he had made Emily , just as she had felt that uneasy dart inside her when she had caught sight of them earlier , coming up the path together . |
| 2 | At the back of her mind , Miranda heard the ghostly voice of Buzz say , ‘ Any Latin lover can say ‘ I love you ’ , but she pushed the thought away , just as she had pushed away other silly possibilities . |
| 3 | She ran quickly round to the front of the house , just as she had planned . |
| 4 | Mrs Frizzell hastily drew in her stomach , tucked in her tail , and posed with her rake , just as she had seen the Hudson 's Bay Company model do when showing pants . |
| 5 | And where Antoinette laid down guidelines — just as she had done when she advised her own daughter on Scottish affairs when Mary of Guise first went to Scotland — her son , the cardinal , filled in the details . |
| 6 | She played with her lace handkerchief , just as she had done at Greenway Gardens . |
| 7 | He must have grown up now just as she had done . |
| 8 | She was not laughing ten minutes later when , just as she had sent Jimmy on an errand , the phone rang and she answered it . |
| 9 | The sounds were plaintive , resonant , doom-laden as those of a passing-bell , and she recognized even then — though she could not have found words to express it — that it would turn out thus , just as she had said . |
| 10 | Just as she had said , the porter 's wife opened up the main door and the inner gate from her room and then poked her head out . |
| 11 | " Do n't let the bugs bite " She said the words without thinking , just as she had said them almost every night of her life . |
| 12 | They were talking rationally now , as adults , just as she had asked , but underneath the façade of civilised behaviour her heart was still doing funny things , and the electricity between them was as powerful as if they had been making love . |
| 13 | She had grown used to the tiny sounds that were so much a part of Seawitch , just as she had grown used to the boat 's continually changing motion . |
| 14 | But then , just as she had decided to abandon the attempt and risk Anne 's annoyance , he answered , repeating the number in a cool , clear , frighteningly strong voice . |
| 15 | My mother had taught me that , just as she had taught me to change my underclothes daily and not blow my nose in public . |
| 16 | Just as she had imagined that concerned endearment after the fight on the riverbank . |
| 17 | Just as she had predicted , Matthew had become a fine young man , tall and strong , and markedly handsome , with his wayward mop of brown hair and those dark violet eyes that still held a world of bitterness whenever they looked on her . |
| 18 | But then , she might somehow get the drawing right , just as she had dreamed of playing the clarinet exquisitely enough for an important conductor , conveniently marooned in a snow drift , brought half-dead to Castle Bewick and hearing those magical notes drifting from her tower , to stagger from his couch and say , ‘ Ah what notes of fairyland do I hear ? ’ |
| 19 | It was just as she had dreamed in her dreams it would be — a blissful sensation that shot down to her toes and sent her blood , like fiery rapids , exploding through her veins . |
| 20 | Glancing at the table , she saw that the girl had done everything just as she had shown her … the big brown teapot had pride of place in the centre of the table , with the pretty rose-patterned milk jug and sugar bowl beside it . |
| 21 | Just as she had expected , there were lights still ablaze as they drew up before the house . |
| 22 | The phone rang just as she had climbed into the bath . |
| 23 | Stella was afraid Babs might tell Dotty that she did n't wear a slip and that Dotty would rush out and buy her one , just as she had bought her a brassière after catching her in the wardrobe with her arms above her head about to be fitted for her Ptolemy costume . |
| 24 | Theda , her voice low to steady it , began to move forward , poking at Mrs Quatt as she was driven , just as she had driven Theda on a previous occasion , backwards , step by step , towards the front door . |
| 25 | Mother Francis had nurtured them behind the scenes , just as she had taken cuttings from the various bushes and plants in the convent garden and made a garden around the stony waste ground , the ugly edge of the cliff where Jack Malone had ended his life . |
| 26 | Ann found it very difficult to tell , just as she had found it difficult to fathom out the workings of Martha 's mind in the days before she and her twin were married . |
| 27 | And just as she had found peace in his words , so did he in hers now . |
| 28 | There would be no clues , no fingerprints , nothing to lead the police to them , but she knew who they were , just as she had known last night who had wrecked her car . |
| 29 | Through the open door of her room they could see Barbara Coleman 's packed bag just as she had promised . |