Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] her [prep] " 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 | She did n't flinch as I expected her to . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As soon as I told her about the things that had happened , she knew . |
| 7 | As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’ |
| 8 | As I follow her into the front room someone whispers to Rufus : ‘ She got him under her thumb , I think . ’ |
| 9 | The clock on the mantelpiece chimed the half-hour , seven thirty , as I walked her to the door . |
| 10 | The difficulty arises when it is uncertain whether or not the competent adult ( as I call her for brevity ) does or does not consent to the proposed treatment . |
| 11 | ‘ I know that , ’ said Wendy Witherington placidly , ‘ but you 're my brother and that 's the same as my knowing her on her knowing me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The vacillating vamp , as you christened her in The Dobblers the other night . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Harriet hardly dared blink as she watched her through the viewfinder , terrified she might miss the moment she was waiting for . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Theodora watched as the woman whose voice would carry across a couple of ten-acre fields , and who could bring a rowdy committee to heel by clearing her throat , murmuring intimately into the mare 's ear and made little clucking noises as she plied her with carrots . |
| 17 | As we put her into the chair , she opened her eyes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We see that Cordelia 's judgement of them was correct : As they taunt her for her disobedience she replies , ‘ Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides ; /Who covers faults , at last with shame derides ’ ( 280f . ) . |
| 20 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Lizzie and Henry again looked at each other as they followed her into the room , and sat on the couch . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Each of their slovenly scrawls was greeted with gasps of admiration from the kindly tutor , whose dress and hair grew paler by the minute as they showered her with dust . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Faulazo , ’ they yelled , as they teased her into crossing in front of them . |
| 27 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 28 | His eyes narrowed speculatively as they watched her in the mirror . |
| 29 | Much as it pained her to meekly obey , Shannon clambered slowly to her feet , muttering darkly beneath her breath . |
| 30 | Educated at home , she in turn taught her younger brothers and sisters , which irked her as it prevented her from pursuing her own studies . |