Example sentences of "[noun pl] as she [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 2 | The hollow sounds of doors banging and footsteps receding echoed in her ears as she stepped inside the sparsely furnished room . |
| 3 | Together the landlady and her shocked spouse burst into voluble speech , which beat at Theda 's ears as she fled up the stairs . |
| 4 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 5 | Miss Wharton , briefly closing her eyes as she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves , thought that she could still scent , above the smell of sluggish water and damp earth , a trace of the heady elderberry flowers of June . |
| 6 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 7 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
| 8 | " I 'm sure it will be , " Patrick said , smiling his thanks as she passed across the cup and saucer . |
| 9 | Waves surged around her gargantuan thighs as she waded towards the shore . |
| 10 | Blossom confirmed his words as she ambled through the door and , at a gesture from the farmer , turned along the track . |
| 11 | This camera is being used to crack down on a crime explosion that 's made victims of people like 91 year old Beatrice Wakefield , burgled of her savings as she sat in the garden . |
| 12 | She clutched his arm at one point , bringing him to a halt in the middle of the pavement , heedless of the passers-by as she pointed to a tall column at the end of the street . |
| 13 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 14 | The girl was grabbed from behind and dragged into bushes as she walked through an estate in Milton Keynes , Bucks . |
| 15 | So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . |
| 16 | A cardboard box banged her knees as she blew across the road to where an old lady was hopping on the spot and poking at a plastic bag on her foot . |
| 17 | ‘ Really and truly , ’ Laura told them both firmly , heedless of her smart dress and shoes as she knelt on the damp sand , her arms placed warmly about their two anxious figures . |
| 18 | Her movements as she ran down the steps had an overflowing grace of energy . |
| 19 | As the pair reached the bottom he saw that she was , as Eleanor had said , very thin , but he noticed the same rhythm in her movements as she walked across the cove . |
| 20 | This gives you a head start , and if you are sensitive to her changing needs as she goes through the grief experience you will learn your role and recognise your cues as you go along . |
| 21 | Jane Fowler appreciates her own failings as she takes to the open road with an advanced driving instructor |
| 22 | Little muscles twitched beneath Anthea 's shoulder blades as she walked across the hall towards the lecture room . |
| 23 | Her mind ran on the wedding celebrations as she moved to the window where a stray shaft of sunlight , escaping through the thick cloud , threw a beam across the parquet floor . |
| 24 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 25 | Two spots of colour appeared in Jill 's cheeks as she reached for the report book . |
| 26 | Then she was crying aloud as she felt her body quickening to climax , and the tears wet on her own cheeks as she soared to a summit she had never hoped to experience , as beautiful and spectacular and as free as the fireworks of Tivoli and , like them , over too soon , leaving her both satiated yet hungry to renew the experience . |
| 27 | In the branch of the Banco dell'Annunziazione a girl , whose face was a mask of disappointment nobly borne and from whose carmined lips dangled a cigarette miraculously balancing a tube of ash , clattered calculations as she stood before an upright typewriter and , in less time than she had expected , Molly was in possession of a mound of hundred thousand lire notes . |
| 28 | They were shadows that she could never have imagined when , as a young girl , she had run along the cold sands of Northumberland and watched the east wind flatten and fold the dunes as she dreamed of a bigger , more exciting world beyond — and away from her mother 's influence . |
| 29 | ‘ The sex object , ’ quipped Maria , a sweet clenching sensation assailing her loins as she reflected on the helplessness of her response to his torrid lovemaking , resentment rising a second later because she still lacked any semblance of control over their relationship . |
| 30 | Patterns emerge of circles within circles as she moves around the stage but although one admires the almost casually loose-limbed nature of her dance there are times when the images begin to blur and attention is apt to wander . |