Example sentences of "as she [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Then he pushed everything from his mind as she touched him between his legs . |
2 | But , as she recognised him from yesterday , so she knew that he had recognised her too . |
3 | Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him . |
4 | ‘ I do n't think there 'll be any problem , ’ he assured Barbara as she drove him to Rosington station ; he had n't slept the night before . |
5 | ‘ You know Howard , do n't you ? ’ she says , as she levers him into conversations at parties . |
6 | He strode on ahead of her , rather than waiting for her to join him as he would normally have done , and the slightly calculated rudeness had her frowning as she followed him into his office . |
7 | She felt very vulnerable and awkward as she followed him into the room . |
8 | Rachel got to her feet , pen and notepad in hand , forcing herself to keep her disintegrating professional cool as she followed him into his luxurious modern office overlooking the city . |
9 | ‘ You 're in here , ’ Ven remarked , taking up her case and heading for the door on the left of the French windows — and as she followed him into a pleasant bedroom , ‘ With luck , by the time you 've unpacked , the waiter will be here with some tea . ’ |
10 | As she followed him to the back of the shop , Sophie remembered with sharp dismay the appointment she had made with Dawn . |
11 | He said it lightly but as she followed him from the staff-room she was aware that her heart had begun to beat very fast . |
12 | He looked so gorgeous that she tripped as she reached him in her high red heels , and landed against his hard chest with a gasp of shocked pleasure . |
13 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
14 | ‘ Think about nice things ! ’ she would say to Henry as she tucked him into bed at night . |
15 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
16 | It took only minutes for Lubor to drive her to her hotel , but as she thanked him for lunch and he handed her back her parcel , he replied , ‘ Lunch was a happy time for me also , ’ and did n't waste a moment to enquire , ‘ Shall we have a happy dinner together this evening ? ’ |
17 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
18 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
19 | ‘ You implied to Belinda that there had n't been anyone in your life since Jennifer , ’ said Rachel as she led him into her kitchen . |
20 | For a moment animosity was swept away by mutual interest and , as she led him towards the recovery cage , she felt a pang of regret that their relationship could not be friendly . |
21 | The only moment of danger was as she laid him in his cot again . |
22 | Slightly put off by his failure to take any notice of her as she entered , her voice was hesitant as she greeted him in her best Spanish . |
23 | Elizabeth 's face lit up , as she told him of Martha 's excitement over the clothes sent by Tamar . |
24 | He knew , he said , that he was just an ordinary farmer 's son and she was a famous Beauty , known the county over , never a word spoken against her even by the men who bivouacked up in the fells — but he would have no-one else and would wait just as long as she told him to . |
25 | She quickened her pace , almost bringing about the catastrophe she feared , as she hurried him through a doorless opening into the outhouse beyond . |
26 | She had worshipped Hendry as she watched him on TV marching to his second Embassy world title last April and made nightly notes in her diary detailing her adulation . |
27 | As she watched him in silence he slid open one of his desk drawers and lifted out a sheaf of papers . |
28 | She saw his eyes become unnaturally bright and his lips begin to tremble , but as she faced him across the room , she felt neither pity nor tenderness . |
29 | Stars winked from the metal as she faced him across the byre . |
30 | She was naked as she drew him towards her . |