Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie . |
| 2 | Well , as I said to her boredom is all in the mind , it 's up to yourself is n't it ? |
| 3 | Very little had changed in the village street but , as I walked towards her door , I saw smoke coming from the garden . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's nothing , ’ Vicky told me , as I rushed to her side . |
| 5 | And , as you heard from her own mouth on the telephone this morning , she is fine , though she refuses to come home to you and your wife . ’ |
| 6 | Helen frowned as she walked to her classroom . |
| 7 | At last she rose from the water , wrapping a towel about her damp body as she walked to her room , mentally weighed down by her thoughts , and physically wearied , too . |
| 8 | She was shivering uncontrollably as she walked to her cabin . |
| 9 | She wore high platform-soled black shoes that I still believe I heard click on the bright polished floor as she walked between her looms . |
| 10 | She was murdered by the side of the M50 in Worcestershire as she walked from her car to call for help . |
| 11 | Marie Claire was nothing like a nun and made a noise as she walked in her high-heeled shoes . |
| 12 | As she slept in her Italian-designed tube steel bed with the iron-grey duvet , she felt sure that Steve in the room across the corridor must know who was in there with her , and as she went to work next day , she felt sure that everyone must see what she was dragging with her . |
| 13 | ‘ I understood her perfectly , ’ Louise said as she searched in her bag for her lighter . |
| 14 | She looked at him levelly , wondering if he could perhaps be mad , after all , as she searched in her mind for evidence of her ‘ disgusting behaviour ’ . |
| 15 | Then she brought both hands back to her lips and spread her arms expansively , before bringing them back together and pushing her fists forward at waist-height as she rocked on her haunches ; then the banana sign , clearer and more distinct this time , both hands finally coming together with the fingers bent , a rough but distinct letter B. |
| 16 | He scrutinised her face anxiously as she listened to her mother , and when her eyes turned languidly towards him , he smiled and stroked her hand more earnestly . |
| 17 | And she , in turn , knowingly and secretly absorbing his stare as she listened to her chattering companions , began to dismiss him as a potential client . |
| 18 | Nellie looked very serious as she listened to her battered husband reliving his terrifying experience . |
| 19 | and Angela happens to be sleeping over as she does at her job |
| 20 | As I pass , I see the girl with glasses as she sits in her bed ; her spectacled eyes flashing bulbs on the screen . |
| 21 | Faye gave a satisfied , rather cryptic smile that Belinda pondered as she returned to her room to take refuge in more familiar clothing . |
| 22 | As she returned to her nest , looking around her , she could see it so clearly that it made her laugh . |
| 23 | But as she returned to her room and closed the door , she silently thanked him that , when rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room , he had on their arrival thought to invite her to share his sitting-room for half an hour . |
| 24 | So I sit docile above her , upright and male , unresisting as she delves with her hand . |
| 25 | ’ Mary uttered as she stirred in her sleep , scraping the back of her elder brother 's leg with an uncut toenail . |
| 26 | As soon as she recovered from her surprise , she moved away so that he would not notice her . |
| 27 | She turned quickly away from me and was very still as she fought with her emotions . |
| 28 | ‘ Where is my cap ? ’ she asked distractedly , as she fought with her hair . |
| 29 | She sympathised with the Duchess of York as she fought against her lack of freedom , she was tactful and kind when her own daughter told her that her marriage was dead and , finally , she acted as mediator to Charles and Diana as they fought out the death throes of their loveless union . |
| 30 | Her smile turned into a feral grin as she glanced at her wrist computer . |