Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I need some advice , after all , ’ Hilary said quietly as she walked up to the little group . |
| 2 | The Land Rover engine rumbled on as she walked round to the driver 's door and waited for him to look at her . |
| 3 | Ari felt very old as she walked back to the group . |
| 4 | ‘ Bun voyage , ’ she called aloud to him , and it was possible to discern a dance of relieved joy in her step as she walked back to the limousine . |
| 5 | ‘ Come here , ’ she said as she walked back to the fireplace . |
| 6 | As she walked back to the barn she thought about what the marquis had said . |
| 7 | Lucy went — and as she walked back to the office she wondered what had got into her to cause such unruliness of her tongue and to bring her claws to the surface . |
| 8 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |
| 9 | She tried to cheer up as she drove on to the ferry because — having caved in instantly and completely when Cara had asked ‘ Would you let me down — now ? ’ she had ensured that Cara could fly to Barney certain of one thing , if nothing else : that , her word given , she would not let her down . |
| 10 | The thoughts tumbled confusedly together as she drove back to the Hamiltons ' in the small car they had put at her disposal . |
| 11 | I stared at her , transfixed , as she stepped over to the scaly green cupboard where she kept all of her books . |
| 12 | The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train . |
| 13 | As she stepped on to the tongue of buckled metal , Bernice looked back . |
| 14 | ‘ Twelve o'clock ! ’ he called out as she stepped on to the pavement ; then he was gone , the little green car melding into the rest of the traffic and rapidly becoming lost to sight . |
| 15 | The building might be old , but this was no cheap accommodation , she observed as she stepped on to the landing . |
| 16 | Lindsey gasped as she stepped on to the deck and was hit by a wave of cold air . |
| 17 | Franca surveyed her long athletic bare legs and the smudge of the scar on her knee as she reached up to the high shelf of a cupboard . |
| 18 | Lisa 's fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she rode up to the fourth floor in the silent lift . |
| 19 | Affectionately they watched her as she ambled back to the others , kicking fallen leaves in front of her as she went . |
| 20 | Pascoe watched her as she went through to the bathroom . |
| 21 | He saw the tiny shudder that went through her and felt himself go still as she went up to the horse and began to stroke its face , its flank . |
| 22 | As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch . |
| 23 | As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . |
| 24 | I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room . |
| 25 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
| 26 | She was laughing as she went back to the garden and Wickham . |
| 27 | She 's still mad with me , Juliet thought , as she went back to the sitting-room . |
| 28 | As she taxied in to the small civilian terminal , Adam watched the three fighter planes ease their pointed noses skyward and climb at over thirty thousand feet a minute . |
| 29 | When Perdita last saw her as Victor 's bimbo in 1981 , Sharon 's hair had been dyed the colour of strawberry jam , her splendid breasts had floated like beachballs out of her skin-tight polyester dress and her six-inch spike heels must have terrorized any lurking moles as she tripped on to the Rutshire pitch at treading-in time . |
| 30 | As she cycled up to the ornate porch she always thought of chivalrous knights attending maidens dressed in high , pointed hats and long sweeping gowns . |