Example sentences of "even as [pers pn] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 2 | Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room . |
| 3 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 4 | But even as he admonished her , he was hugging her close . |
| 5 | With what remained of her objective consciousness Louisa strove to tell herself that this encounter was not of her reality , not of her willing … but even as she struggled she felt herself drawn under the influence of a mind at once alien and familiar — a mind resolute to lacerate its own fine sensibility , and with a perverse , intellectual sang-froid . |
| 6 | When the old man had wandered upstairs again , with a book under his arm , Clara whispered " Who Was that ? " and even as she Whispered she realized that it could be no other than the book shops owner , and added hastily , " That must be A. I Warbley , I suppose ? " |
| 7 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 8 | Even as she spoke she knew she was being a hypocrite . |
| 9 | Even as she spoke she was taking a fleecy rose-coloured towel out of the linen press , turning on the water , unscrewing a flask of bath essence which perfumed the rising steam . |
| 10 | But even as she spoke she found herself wondering about the way she 'd reacted to his kisses ; if anyone should be well armed to protect themselves against the attractions of a man like Dane , she should . |
| 11 | Yet even as she spoke she knew that her grandmother would not fall asleep , not tonight she would n't . |
| 12 | But even as she spoke she recalled his handing in her key and speaking to the clerk , then both of them looking across at her . |
| 13 | Even as she spoke she was gripped by a niggling feeling of premonition . |
| 14 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 15 | But even as she seethed she knew it was not true . |