Example sentences of "she [verb] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 32 | It was known at Cadogan 's that she had once fallen from a horse while out hunting and had broken her collarbone , but continued to follow the hounds for the rest of the day until she collapsed as they ran the fox to earth . |
| 33 | " You could order dinner , " she called as she kicked the bathroom door closed . |
| 34 | She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees , which were already showing the first flecks of green . |
| 35 | And she thought as she crossed the threshold : He is still there . |
| 36 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 37 | " I do n't know why I came , I ca n't possibly tell them , " she thought as she watched the tiny man , perched up high as he circled meticulously round about on his chosen futureless employment , shouting : " Wor'-oss , Wor'-oss " to the dogs that followed him , as faithfully as seagulls follow a plough , when he made one of his grand and speedy turns . |
| 38 | Funny thing , she thought as she turned the grubby pages , that people only seem to stop complaining when things get really bad . |
| 39 | She shivered as she recalled the terrible blackness that had invaded her home and had clung to and coated the village on that night when she had heard the voices . |
| 40 | She shivered as she remembered the way they had seemed almost to change colour from darkest brown to angry almost-gold . |
| 41 | She shivered as she considered the implications of this , and for a moment Johnny 's world seemed uncomfortably close . |
| 42 | ‘ You keep saying that , ’ she chided as we cleared the table , ‘ I hope we 're not going to have another Peasants ’ Revolt . ’ |
| 43 | The juniper in No 26 next door was looking as tired as she felt as she opened the gate . |
| 44 | Looking out of the window on this pleasant Sunday afternoon , she smiled as she saw the three children engaged in various activities at the far end of the garden . |
| 45 | She smiled as she remembered the quiet scholar with whom she had shared a love of books . |
| 46 | Pleased at her plan , she smiled as she approached the desk . |
| 47 | She spoke as he closed the door : |
| 48 | ‘ Am I likely to forget ? ’ she retorted as they left the car and went towards the front door . |
| 49 | She paused as she saw the wry expression on Joanna 's face . |
| 50 | ‘ He had the look of somebody about to invite you home to cold chicken and salad with a mug of real warm English beer , ’ she continued as they walked the long black-and-white-tiled corridor . |
| 51 | ‘ Goodbye , ’ she said as they reached the door . |
| 52 | ‘ The islands , ’ she said as she took the prey . |
| 53 | ‘ My ! my ! ’ she said as she opened the door , ‘ No expense spared . |
| 54 | Still , she said as she turned the corner of the High Street . |
| 55 | ‘ What are you looking so red in the face about , Harry ? ’ she said as she put the tray down on the coffee-table . |
| 56 | ‘ I thought for a minute you could have been Billy sitting there , ’ she said as she put the tea down on the desk . |
| 57 | She coughed as she felt the heat searing the air in her lungs . |
| 58 | Half an hour later , dressed only in her favourite ecru-coloured bodyshaper , she grimaced as she surveyed the contents of the wardrobe . |
| 59 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 60 | ‘ And Jacques sends his regards , ’ she concluded as she secured the bandage with a strip of sticking plaster . |