Example sentences of "[noun sg] as she walk [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On either side , white-painted kerb stones glowed faintly through the blackness as she walked with the rest towards the sound of the dancing , for ears were of more use than eyes in the blackout . |
| 2 | Police are hunting a man who snatched a woman 's handbag as she walked to a bank in Church Street , Hartlepool . |
| 3 | A 79-year-old woman who was attacked and robbed of her handbag as she walked near Gateshead town centre has been admitted to hospital for observation after suffering a heart flutter brought on by stress . |
| 4 | She moved closer to the picture , her eyes never leaving Ward 's face , her feet brushing against the soft silk as she walked over it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you suggesting Joseph pushed her into the water as she walked through the harbour ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ This is only the beginning , you know , ’ he said one day as she walked with him round the garden . |
| 8 | She left the helmet on the bike — how trusting people are out of London — and unzipped her jacket as she walked to the pub door . |
| 9 | Constance felt a pang of sadness as she walked into the building on Ludovico 's arm , thinking that no one in the world who cared for them knew what was happening . |
| 10 | The rapist and an accomplice , both wielding knives , grabbed the woman as she walked past waste ground on the way home from her sister 's house in Smethwick , Birmingham , at 3am . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't believe this , ’ said an East Berlin woman as she walked towards the arch of the Brandenberg Gate , the East German flag flying above . |
| 12 | I 'm in terrible pain , doctor , ’ said the woman as she walked into the doctor 's surgery . |
| 13 | She thought of all the changes the news would make in her life as she walked to Egremont Street and wondered how soon her brothers and friends and dancing partners would be called up . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Stephanie picked Mary up — Mary liked to be picked up — and perched her on one hip as she walked from bed to bed . |
| 16 | Christina heard the commotion as she walked up the steps from Crystal Springs House and into reception . |
| 17 | Lucy left them , conscious of a descending gloom as she walked towards the house without a backward glance . |
| 18 | Then , instead of being played for visual comedy , as when the stewardess in 2001 walks through a half circle to exit upside down , still carrying her tray unspilt ( done by imperceptibly turning the camera 180° in the opposite direction as she walks in a treadmill ) , it 's a drama with wry comedy overtones as the nervous Curnow is supported by his braver Soviet oppo , Brailovsky ( Elya Baskin ) — a sequence largely performed by the actors themselves on wires . |
| 19 | Marie Claire was nothing like a nun and made a noise as she walked in her high-heeled shoes . |
| 20 | Nellie 's face took on a hard look as she walked beside him along the tiled corridor . |
| 21 | Andrew and 49year-old Monica were touring in Canada when Rachel was knifed to death as she walked with Alex and her dog Molly on the common in South-West London . |
| 22 | It was little more than a whisper as she walked towards him . |