Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 And so on , as I get her to the bedroom and changed again and into bed .
2 As I get her into a fresh pair of rubber knickers I feel something cold on my face .
3 As I questioned her during the session , Maxine described to me a life as Martha , a fisherman 's wife in a small seaport in the late eighteenth century .
4 She seemed more beautiful than ever , and her manner to me was very pleasant , as I took her to the house in London where Miss Havisham had arranged for her to stay .
5 As soon as I told her about the things that had happened , she knew .
6 As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’
7 As I follow her into the front room someone whispers to Rufus : ‘ She got him under her thumb , I think . ’
8 The clock on the mantelpiece chimed the half-hour , seven thirty , as I walked her to the door .
9 ‘ The vacillating vamp , as you christened her in The Dobblers the other night . ’
10 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 .
11 Harriet hardly dared blink as she watched her through the viewfinder , terrified she might miss the moment she was waiting for .
12 ‘ 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 .
13 As we put her into the chair , she opened her eyes .
14 As they bundled her down the stairs she must have fainted , because the next thing she could recollect was being wheeled along an endless corridor that smelled of disinfectant .
15 Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road .
16 The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death .
17 Lizzie and Henry again looked at each other as they followed her into the room , and sat on the couch .
18 But as they seized her by the mantle , she shook it from her shoulders , folded two of her children in her arms and floated away through a window , never more to be seen by her husband and the two children she had left behind .
19 ‘ I 'd take your clothes off now and prove it to you , ’ he said thickly , and his hands were shaking as they held her by the hips .
20 His eyes narrowed speculatively as they watched her in the mirror .
21 Quigley had made sure he had stopped hitting me as soon as he heard her on the stairs .
22 As he saw her to the door , he felt in his pockets .
23 His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman .
24 She was overwhelmed by a mixture of terror and relief as he left her at the wheel and went forward to free the line .
25 Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club .
26 As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration .
27 ‘ Afraid of the dark ? ’ he said gently , as he shepherded her to the door .
28 Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased .
29 A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house .
30 He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase .
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