Example sentences of "as she [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 I kept seeing Sergia 's face as she held me in the air looked me over .
32 Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life .
33 ‘ Well , we do open to the public now , as you know , but oh ! the bills , and the staff want paying , ’ she said as she showed us to the door .
34 She was breathless , shivering with cold as she hid herself behind the curtains of the four-poster .
35 ‘ Oh , I think we can do better than that this time , ’ she told him , as she steered him from the sitting-room and along the hall and into Sebastian 's bedroom .
36 She glanced down at her hand , wondering yet again why the memory of that day should be so insistent tonight , then her lovely face became expressionless as she wrapped herself in the familiar cloak of indifference .
37 A blast of warm smoky air struck Meredith 's face as she preceded him into the one large room inside .
38 She poured out the tea , and as she pushed it across the counter to him he handed her the penny .
39 She felt quite proud of her composure as she escorted him through the shop , relieved , for once , to see it empty .
40 Paula looked at him wickedly as she settled herself in the front passenger seat .
41 There was a nice cool breeze wafting up from the river as she settled herself in the shelter of the huge willow tree , at the water 's edge .
42 As she hauled me up the stairs I braced myself for ‘ What the blazes , Bina ?
43 It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill .
44 She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house .
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