Example sentences of "[noun prp] as she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 2 | Emancipated as she considered herself , Zeinab would not have gone up to them alone . |
| 3 | Jay followed Lucy as she put her coat on and went into the street . |
| 4 | I asked Ruth as she joined me . |
| 5 | She got up , gazing at him ; for this seemed not the crazy figure of recent days , but Jake as she remembered him from years ago , her own father . |
| 6 | That was what he meant to Mrs Sairellen Thackray as she served him the first of her good dinners of boiled beef and potatoes and onions towards which the town 's Chartists had all made their contributions . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , Miss Hardbroom , ’ said Ethel , smiling demurely at her form-mistress , but pulling a horrid face at Mildred as she passed her by . |
| 8 | Once again Royal show fashions ranged between formal-summer-outfit-with-hat to skimpy suntop and shorts , but the lady who turned the most heads at the show was probably international visitor Isha Kamara as she made her stately progress around the show bearing her bag upon her head . |
| 9 | Disgust rose in Theda as she made her way along the gallery . |
| 10 | In any case the following Monday as she scrubbed her sister 's floors this aristocratic Cinderella had to pinch herself to make sure that her weekend was not some idle pipe-dream . |
| 11 | ‘ Ow , McAllister , that do n't look safe , ’ panted Rose as she wheeled herself and the bike into the road , preparatory to setting off for the buildings . |
| 12 | She had worshipped Hendry as she watched him on TV marching to his second Embassy world title last April and made nightly notes in her diary detailing her adulation . |
| 13 | The ladies now smiled gently upon Ella as she retrieved their glasses . |
| 14 | And she went out of her way to praise artist David Hankinson as she unveiled his painting of her in fairy-tale pink gown complete with tiara , pearl drop earrings and gold watch . |
| 15 | Liz had never admired , and had at times expressed somewhat freely ( and in her own view wittily ) her lack of response to Henrietta 's frigid style and vapid conversation , but nevertheless felt herself , in Henrietta 's presence , rendered almost as dull as Henrietta , and moreover uneasily aware that in other houses , in other milieux , at a distance , in other circles , she had seen Henrietta sparkling , laughing , surrounded by life — vacuous life , feverish small talk , no doubt , but life — a life that froze in Liz as she contemplated her guest 's stiff blue taffeta gown ( this was surely a gown , not a dress , and , not even English , probably French ) , her exposed white bosom , her diamond necklace ( well , probably diamonds , why not ? ) , her high white forehead , her thin dark-red lips . |
| 16 | Sara as she greeted him was conscious again of his physical charm , but there was more to a man than a pretty envelope . |
| 17 | A feeling of something very like envy passed through Sara as she watched her . |
| 18 | I do n't want to know , I wo n't know said Sally as she put her hands put out her hands as if she was fending Daryl off , I hate you Daryl Rivers , you with , you with your mother who comes to see you often , sends you things and writes you long letters and comes to see you . |
| 19 | Next day I tried to question our landlady about walking to Ipsarion as she served us breakfast on the marble terrace under the walnut tree . |
| 20 | ‘ Pah ! ’ burst from Araminta as she found her tongue . |
| 21 | ‘ No good ever came out of Catgut Alley , that 's for sure , ’ said Aunt Clarabel as she sat him down to fish and chips for lunch . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think there 'll be any problem , ’ he assured Barbara as she drove him to Rosington station ; he had n't slept the night before . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 1992 The extent of the rift between Charles and Diana is made plain to the world on their tour of India as she turns her face away and his attempted kiss turns into nothing but a grimace . |
| 25 | Nein says Herta as she takes my hand and places it , for an angry moment , between her thighs . |
| 26 | One evening , when the pain of her laboured breathing had become very bad , she lay watching Comfort as she sketched something on a big white pad . |
| 27 | Bourgois approached Lizzie Lamplugh as she parked her car outside her home in Oxford , Mr David Bright , prosecuting , said . |
| 28 | ‘ An ’ I told himself to empty it this morning' , ’ muttered Nessie as she made her way out . |
| 29 | I am writing to congratulate Steffi Graf on her win at Brighton as she displayed her tremendous strength by coming back from a set and 2–4 down in the second to win 5–7 6–4 6–1 , and lift the title for a record 5th time . |
| 30 | She turned towards Ben as she answered him , ‘ Well , because I know there 's a lot to learn . ’ |