Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , well , I 've made somebody 's day , ’ she said to herself as she walked briskly through the department , running her eye over the smooth operation of the unit . |
| 2 | As she walked briskly along the turning in the cold morning air Nellie spotted Aggie Temple busily whitening her front doorstep and she smiled to herself . |
| 3 | Leonora turned her back on the past , bracing herself against the wind as she walked briskly towards the spot where the cliff path began its decent to Seal Haven . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 5 | Eyes turned as she walked slowly across the room , brushing by this man and that . |
| 6 | She hardly had the energy to acknowledge the odd ‘ Well done , Kelly ’ she heard as she walked slowly towards the car park . |
| 7 | There was an angry throbbing in her head as she walked slowly towards him . |
| 8 | Donna tried to convince herself of that as she walked slowly around the ruins of Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 9 | As she walked slowly in his direction , a tall girl with long , wavy black hair came gracefully out of the door which led into the kitchen . |
| 10 | As she walked uncertainly towards him , he gave a great bellow , then flung his arms about her , all but suffocating her in his bear-like embrace . |
| 11 | ‘ You lied to me , ’ she said , her voice laced with accusation as she walked through to what appeared to be a workshop . |
| 12 | It was a gesture that touched her , and as she walked away along the fragrant walkway towards the road up to Rosie 's villa she looked at her fingers in the moonlight , and found herself smiling . |
| 13 | The smile swept her face and she patted his hand , and then she had spun on her heel and the swing was in her hips as she walked away into the hurrying crowds . |
| 14 | As she walked away from him he suffered a stroke , and Alizon was later arrested and tried on the charge that she ‘ practised , exercised and used her devilish and wicked arts ’ and that by these she ‘ had him lamed so that his body wasted and consumed away ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ And as she walked away from you , did you utter the words , ‘ Wait until Boxing Day ’ or any words similar to that ? ’ |
| 16 | Barefoot , she moved with the natural sinuousness of her race , and looking beyond her , Loc saw Jacques Devraux lift his eyes momentarily from his plate to follow the swaying movement of her hips as she walked away from the table . |
| 17 | She was white-faced but determined and the policemen stood back as she walked over towards the car . |
| 18 | She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart . |
| 19 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
| 20 | She dropped the keys into her bag and straightened up , a small cry escaping her as she walked straight into a large solid body . |
| 21 | She had been shocked and upset to see her friend so ill , and suddenly John realised that she was weeping as she walked along with her face averted . |
| 22 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 23 | The thought kept her silent as she walked along beside him , forced to quicken her steps to keep up with his long-legged strides . |
| 24 | But as she walked quickly through the enormous building she began to have doubts . |
| 25 | ‘ Who 's talking about horses ? ’ he called out as she walked quickly towards her car . |
| 26 | Annie disregarded the remark and as she walked out of the side door pushing the baby carriage Bessie turned to her employer . |
| 27 | The abortioned girl stared after Rachaela as she walked out of the gate and back along the street . |
| 28 | As she walked out of the workshop , she looked back at the flat they had been painting . |
| 29 | And then , one Saturday , as she walked listlessly through a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art , Caroline had run into a girl she knew from catalogue modelling . |
| 30 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |