Example sentences of "[pn reflx] as she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slackening her step , she felt hope renewing itself as she strolled along the pavements past tubs of flowering plants interspersed with benches crowded with people resting their tired feet or simply sitting back and enjoying the sunshine while they watched the passers-by . |
| 2 | She seemed to be talking to herself as she gazed into the fire . |
| 3 | Not only was Mrs Funnell startled , but Victoria was too , and even Peggy herself as she rounded on the old woman , crying at the top of her voice now , ‘ Like all men of his ilk , with a bloody big moaning mouth , yelling off , I , I , I , all the time , his wants . |
| 4 | ‘ No matter , ’ she said to herself as she walked into the hall . |
| 5 | ‘ T'is pity she 's a whore , ’ she said , smiling to herself as she crept along the landing to the second bedroom . |
| 6 | Iris , you 've got an admirer , murmured Melissa to herself as she got into the car . |
| 7 | It is regrettable , Elisabeth observed to herself as she climbed through the dunes , that clever men do not always make consoling company . |
| 8 | Caroline hugged herself as she danced to the telephone . |
| 9 | You will count very slowly to ten , Hilary admonished herself as she stood in the lane watching Leo 's rapidly diminishing figure . |
| 10 | Robyn smiled to herself as she charged down the motorway and imagined how she must look in such a battered , ramshackle old thing . |