Example sentences of "as [pron] looked [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | My worries melted as I looked at her . |
| 2 | As I looked at her , I thought of her shrinking , like someone in a fairytale , and how one day I might hold her in the palm of my hand with her little voice squeaking commands at me as if she was a mouse I 'd picked up in the garden . |
| 3 | As you looked at her more and more insects swarmed on to her ; then , as the weight grew too much for the insects underneath to cling to her smooth skin , great black cakes of them flaked away and fell fizzing to the ground . |
| 4 | Your hatred of my mother disappeared as you looked at her . |
| 5 | She made her way to the second floor , her frown deepening as she looked about her , properly taking in her surroundings for the first time . |
| 6 | There was no readable expression on her face , but Marjorie felt an unease as she looked at her , as though the woman were watching her through narrowed lids . |
| 7 | Emily gasped as she looked around her . |
| 8 | As he looked at her , his face closed over with a faintly embarrassed incredulity . |
| 9 | Joe was not smiling as he looked at her . |
| 10 | As he looked at her , preparing to bargain all over again , there was a splat ! of sparks from the light , a high-pitched sizzle , and then darkness . |
| 11 | The vicious force which was now her essence and to which she gave the name of hatred ( only this was too narrow and too petty a name to describe it ) was directed upon Jack : Jack on whom daily , as he looked at her sometimes so anxiously , so humbly , she smiled the smile of reassurance and of calm . |
| 12 | ‘ How lovely she is , ’ he thought for the thousandth time , as he looked at her fondly . |
| 13 | As he looked at her , slumped awkwardly in sleep , he tried without success to put his finger on that indefinable something which made this girl so totally English . |
| 14 | You know — ’ He pulled in his chin as he looked at her before continuing , ‘ It 's odd , but none of the other girls I 've brought to the house over the years have seemed to arouse your animosity . |
| 15 | She held his gaze as he looked at her . |
| 16 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 17 | He laughed and kissed her again , and she could sense the relief in his words and in his eyes , as he looked at her with tenderness . |
| 18 | Yet his expression as he looked at her and the strength with which he seized her arm made her uncomfortably aware of their isolated position . |
| 19 | His eyes narrowed as he looked at her , and seemed to glow with fury , their brown tint lightening almost to gold . |
| 20 | He smiled again , his eyes hooding as he looked at her . |
| 21 | His eyes narrowed as he looked at her . |
| 22 | Luke 's face changed as he looked at her . |
| 23 | She had a tension about her like a strung bow , and every bit as lethal , and she had a piercing beauty — why had he never marked it , he who had known her nearly three years ? that made his heart contract as he looked at her . |
| 24 | There was respect in the older man 's eyes as he looked at her . |
| 25 | She could n't interpret the expression on his face as he looked at her . |
| 26 | His eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at her , and there was a silence charged with meaning between the two of them . |
| 27 | Afterwards they lay together and Kate was amazed at the expression of tenderness on his face as he looked at her . |
| 28 | The twist of his mouth betrayed an inner fury , while his eyes blazed as he looked at her . |
| 29 | As he looked at her , Ronni was aware of a tiny curl of pleasure . |
| 30 | His eyes were dark as he looked at her . |