Example sentences of "as she [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could never ignore them as she passed them on the street , and they , as if they sensed it , turned to her , picking her out at once from a throng of a hundred other pedestrians as the one who saw and heard them . |
| 2 | Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him . |
| 3 | She felt very vulnerable and awkward as she followed him into the room . |
| 4 | As she followed him to the back of the shop , Sophie remembered with sharp dismay the appointment she had made with Dawn . |
| 5 | He said it lightly but as she followed him from the staff-room she was aware that her heart had begun to beat very fast . |
| 6 | Telling the story , as she imagined it of the mad wife . |
| 7 | The popular myth paints a homely picture of the Queen Mother ducking around Diana as she schooled her in the subtle arts of royal protocol while the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , Lady Susan Hussey took the young woman aside for tuition in regal history . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 9 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 10 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 11 | For a moment animosity was swept away by mutual interest and , as she led him towards the recovery cage , she felt a pang of regret that their relationship could not be friendly . |
| 12 | ‘ Now , mind you eat these courgettes , ’ she said to her daughter , as she sliced them into the pan . |
| 13 | ‘ As soon as she saw me on the doorstep I felt she knew something . |
| 14 | As she placed them on the table , Roy spoke up . |
| 15 | He nodded without looking up as she placed it on the counter . |
| 16 | ‘ We were worried stiff , ’ she chided as she bustled us into the kitchen . |
| 17 | Harriet hardly dared blink as she watched her through the viewfinder , terrified she might miss the moment she was waiting for . |
| 18 | She saw his eyes become unnaturally bright and his lips begin to tremble , but as she faced him across the room , she felt neither pity nor tenderness . |
| 19 | Stars winked from the metal as she faced him across the byre . |
| 20 | In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale . |
| 21 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 22 | Someone brought her a coffee and she smiled vague thanks , noting with the same odd detachment that her hands were shaking as she clasped them around the mug . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm glad she waited for the wedding to be over , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in Theda 's ear , as she joined her by the French windows that had been opened to the terrace outside . |
| 24 | He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror . |
| 25 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 26 | As she joined him in the petit salon he came towards her with a prettily wrapped package in his hands . |
| 27 | I kept seeing Sergia 's face as she held me in the air looked me over . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | A blast of warm smoky air struck Meredith 's face as she preceded him into the one large room inside . |