Example sentences of "even as she [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | Even as she recognised the skill behind the caress , she was jolted by a dart of sheer untrammelled longing deep within her , and , hard as she tried to fight her own traitorous desires , she knew she was lost . |
2 | Yet , even as she shot the denial at him , Lisa was aware of an unexpected reaction within her . |
3 | But even as she made the token protest she knew a longing almost painful in its intensity to feel the possession of his mouth all over again . |
4 | It would not be right to celebrate a society in which Afro-American women could make quilts and gardens but not write essays , and indeed Walker condemns that society even as she evokes the value of the gardens and the quilts . |
5 | Even as she said the words , Rory shuddered , caught in the grip of a sudden , devastating premonition . |
6 | ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true . |
7 | Even as she uttered the words , she realised how false they were . |
8 | But even as she held the knob in her hand and was about to turn it , she hesitated and her arm dropped to her side . |
9 | She swore — yet again — that she would leave off the rich food , forget the drink , but even as she making the promise , she knew she would not be able to keep to it . |
10 | But she would still be a traitor to grief , watching and listening , even as she spoke the formal words of condolence , for the flicker of an eyelid , the tensing of hands and face muscles , for the unwise word , for any sign that for someone in that waiting house in Campden Hill Square this might not be news at all . |
11 | Even as she pondered the question , Silas came into the office . |
12 | But even as she framed the words in her mind , confidence deserted her . |
13 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |