Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning from him , she pulled her blanket up to her shoulders and tried to recline her seat , frowning as she hunted for the button . |
| 2 | Fran glanced back at the heap of cuttings , frowning as she sorted through the pile . |
| 3 | Penry stood at the foot of the stairs , frowning as she plugged in the transistor to listen to Radio Four while she ate . |
| 4 | ‘ Your Aunt Belle never stopped going until she fell off the mule . |
| 5 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 6 | panting as she fought against the fact of death , panting as she integrated shock , panting as she realized a need to re-enter Rose 's body , to deny her own life , to dissolve back into the embryo past , the womb , to disappear , to hand herself over once more to her mother , to die too , anything to stay with her , anything but this , anything but individuality , anything but aloneness , anything but a self without a mother , anything but Rose 's death . |
| 7 | All the women exclaimed at the sight of the red , pink and white azaleas massed on the steps , but each thought privately that only she could appreciate the true beauty and significance of the flowers — Sophia feeling that here was the essence of the Italy she knew and loved , Penelope experiencing a lift of the heart as if the flowers held a promise of future romantic adventures , Ianthe knowing as she looked at the flower what she had only suspected before — that she was in love with John . |
| 8 | Sabatini had sympathy for her , admitting that she went through the same ordeal before winning the US Open in 1990 . |
| 9 | Her hands were shaking as she reached for the first of the envelopes . |
| 10 | But in the end I became so frightened of her I used to start shaking when she came into the room . |
| 11 | For a short time she stood still and silent , scarcely breathing as she revelled in the novelty of his tenderness , but presently her body started stirring in response to the warmth of his mouth , a new sweetness to her desire . |
| 12 | She fell in with Nicole 's steps , watching as she gesticulated to the men , letting them know that they would n't be long . |
| 13 | The sun was setting as she walked by the brink of the ocean . |
| 14 | She finally found her voice , screaming as she bolted from the hideous life-form that was shaping even as she watched into the form , the outward appearance of a dead human . |
| 15 | She remembered when she was the only child at home , playing with her dolls on the rag rug before the fire and listening to the purring of the kettle on the hob , her mother singing as she worked in the back kitchen , waiting for the others to come home . |
| 16 | Party leaders were concerned by the ‘ two for the price of one ’ sales pitch Hillary was using as she stumped around the country , often leading her husband into the fray rather than following . |
| 17 | Donna left the hazard lights of the Volvo flashing as she hurried up the steps towards the main entrance of the Dublin National Gallery . |
| 18 | As she pushed the emptied skip back towards the scutching room for the umpteenth time , her legs simply stopped working and she sagged against the basket , fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea . |
| 19 | I told her I 'd been dreaming and she sat on the bed and held my hand for a bit . |
| 20 | But she was smiling as she hung over the cot , gazing with delight at the baby . |