Example sentences of "as she " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had seen her face before , but only in silhouette , anonymous , as she spoke out about the inhuman conditions of political prisoners in Morocco 's forgotten dungeons . |
| 2 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 3 | This comparison has fazed her , as she only knows about Lee Krasner as the widow of Jackson Pollock ; so the library visit is intended to check out reproductions of Lee Krasner 's work , to see if she has to concede that her friend may be right . |
| 4 | She is , as she acknowledges , ‘ playing with fire ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ She set higher store by emotional security ’ than her sister , ‘ and thought she would find it with a man soft-hearted and caring and pliant , far removed , as she thought , from father 's toughness and uncontrollability . ’ |
| 6 | Then there is the tale of a lying girl , as she may be , with whom he makes love , and who alarms him with word of a threatening German — a former SS man , perhaps . |
| 7 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 8 | Red as the clouds which flush beneath the sun 's slant rays , says Ovid , red as the rosy Dawn , were the cheeks of Diana as she stood there in view without her robes . |
| 9 | Jilly Jonathan was sitting just as she had been ever since they had come out on to the terrace . |
| 10 | This little old lady is not so innocent as she seems . |
| 11 | Mrs Venables ' cake was — as she had said — a perfect coffee gâteau , smoothly frosted in caramel , with three cherries on the top . |
| 12 | She asked Mrs Phipps , as delicately as she could . |
| 13 | They 'd been in it only a year , but Mrs Yardley had lavished as much effort on it as she had on her beautiful cake . |
| 14 | He stood , scarlet-cheeked , as she moved towards the screen , throwing off the kimono as she went . |
| 15 | He stood , scarlet-cheeked , as she moved towards the screen , throwing off the kimono as she went . |
| 16 | It was difficult to fasten the buttons down her back as she bent and moved about in front of the mirror , powdering , moistening , curling . |
| 17 | Coolly Bunty turned to give a final look in the mirror ; then put her fingers to her lips and , as she passed Conroy , pressed them against his . |
| 18 | Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent . |
| 19 | ‘ So do n't mind me , ’ she said sweetly , patted Conroy 's cheek as she passed , and was gone . |
| 20 | Her blue eyes were cold as slate as she turned to her husband . |
| 21 | It was all right for Annabel — she 's only six , and as long as she can feed sugar to the milkman 's horse every morning she 's happy . |
| 22 | I was about to throw it at one of the maids as she passed beneath me with a tray of glasses , but just then Claire came out of the reception room . |
| 23 | ‘ I believe when Teddy was acting the goat in this house the Princess of Wales was carrying Queen Maud of Norway as she now is . ’ |
| 24 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 25 | It was clear that the Major 's wife was the chief lady guest , as she was seated on Dr Iverson 's right , the Major sitting on Margot Iverson 's right . |
| 26 | In spite of her own feminism and socialism her films are not propagandist or didactic , as she was very well aware that : ‘ We were not engaged to indulge our own politics or socialism , however much we would have found satisfaction in doing so ’ . |
| 27 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
| 28 | I can still remember the click of the latch as she shut the door behind her . |
| 29 | Sonja was as usual being difficult and her mother was trying to strike an impossible balance between calming her down and getting her to do as she was told . |
| 30 | The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook . |