Example sentences of "[det] as she " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the biddable daughter of the house would give in on this as she had on everything else . |
| 2 | There was also , besides preparations for the baby , the question — and Brian was as intent about this as she was — of finding a monthly maternity nurse and a suitable permanent nanny to take on after she left . |
| 3 | She considered all this as she listened to the heated opinions forced upon her outside the shop ( where the throbbing engine of the Findus delivery van obliged everyone to shout ) , on the corner by the church and at two other points on her route back to Greystones . |
| 4 | The slurred sound of his voice told her that he was as committed to this as she was herself and there would be no drawing back , no leaving her . |
| 5 | She debated the likelihood of this as she strolled around the crowded exhibition at Olympia , too preoccupied to take in much of her surroundings . |
| 6 | This as she made to touch him . |
| 7 | Ace kept moving , jogging round the inside of the base 's perimeter wall , programming one mine after another as she ran . |
| 8 | Her footsteps and the faint noise of her limbs striking one another as she walked sounded like the mechanism of a time bomb . |
| 9 | He did n't blame her for what she 'd done half as much as she blamed herself . |
| 10 | She believed that as much as she believed the moon was made of green cheese . |
| 11 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 12 | You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’ |
| 13 | This probably accounted for the fact that she was not on duty at the theatre as much as she should have been and was very moody when she was there . |
| 14 | The house remains much as she left it , and contains many personal and theatrical mementoes . |
| 15 | Salt could nag and scold as much as she pleased , force her to polish and scrub harder and faster , but she had no hold over her mind . |
| 16 | She then tries to get as much as she can while a third person holds the mirror . |
| 17 | But she will probably already be experiencing more loneliness than they imagine , for much as she may enjoy her parent 's company , she will also have a need for other friendships and contacts with the world outside the home , and these may be very difficult for her to achieve . |
| 18 | His wife did n't help much as she kept trying to shut him up by offering him sweets every five minutes . |
| 19 | Surely it was enough to have got as much as she had . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , she continued to resent Miss Hatherby 's influence as much as she feared it . |
| 21 | She might have found it confusing that , in spite of having been married to the Father , it was God the Son who told her to treat Him as her wedded husband and kiss Him as much as she liked in bed , but Margery took things like that in her stride . |
| 22 | She always gave as much as she got , more , he should say . |
| 23 | It was as much as she could do to push the hand-cart and to carry her body around with her . |
| 24 | You talk as much as she does . ’ |
| 25 | There was always something comforting about Ben : she felt that she loved him as much as she did Mrs Aggie . |
| 26 | Artemis hated her mama-to-be as much as she disliked the doll she 'd given her . |
| 27 | Mary 's nobles detested her insolent consort almost as much as she did and , either from genuine loyalty to her or in devious application of their own power politics , conspired to remove him . |
| 28 | Although only sixteen , she was not much shocked by his attempts , but she was alarmed by her own lack of response , for she did not fancy him nearly as much as she had fancied the infinitely tedious Higginbotham . |
| 29 | Clara dreaded the vacations , and tried to whittle them down as much as she could , by semi-obligatory study courses , and quasi-essential trips to the continent to learn the languages she was studying , but despite these nibblings and thefts , she still found herself obliged to spend a great deal of time each year in Hartley Road . |
| 30 | You would n't be living like that because of comfort , because of security " — he seemed to be making an effort to despise these words as much as she did — " but because of your aim . |