Example sentences of "as she [verb] through the [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Katherine , as she walked through the enlarged sweep of the living room with its creamy raw silk textures , its mix of low-slung sofas and older more ornately curved chairs , was radiant with satisfaction .
2	‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room .
3	Elisabeth was awed by the intensity of feeling awakened in her as she walked through the primeval forest , alone .
4	Snipe do n't sing , they only drum their wings , she remembered , as she cut through the thread-like neck , and holding the bird 's head by its absurdly long beak , crunched through the white skull and sucked out the strange delicious brains within it .
5	Whereas I scurry aimlessly from this to that , thought Alix , as she drove through the dark evening : they block one path , I try another , and so it goes on , thought Alix , who at times thought no such thing , and was not thinking it now with much conviction .
6	Ellie felt an elemental thrill as she stepped through the great swing doors , as if she was entering an ancient cathedral rather than a modern monument to commercial enterprise .
7	Jenny told herself , as she looked through the fine big annual .
8	Benny moved along with a strong sense of adventure , and had to resist whistling a jaunty tune as she crept through the scrubby vegetation that surrounded the cemetery .
9	As she peered through the double glass her blood ran cold .
10	We 're almost there , ’ Robyn pleaded aloud as she peered through the rain-soaked windscreen , between the wipers that were belting furiously back and forth as if their lives depended on it .
11	She sighed as she padded through the spacious , marble-floored apartment to the kitchen to rinse out the glasses before her shower — if she did n't wash them Steve would n't .

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