Example sentences of "as she [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to be noticed in all her finery and as she walked up the aisle she kept stopping to give a little cough on the back of her hand and looking from side to side . |
| 2 | She saw Elaine as soon as she walked up the planked wooden steps to the bar , and noticed as she drew closer that her friend was already tipsy . |
| 3 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 4 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 5 | ‘ Darling I 'm so proud of you , ’ he said as she walked down the staircase at Clarence House . |
| 6 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 7 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 8 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 9 | She was thinking about Donna later , as she walked down the ward to see if the new patient had arrived . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you a Catholic ? ’ he asked Donna as she brought out the drinks . |
| 11 | Patrick smiled at the woman as she brought in the tea . |
| 12 | ‘ No , it 's just that my sister 's going out , ’ she says , as she picks up the various plastic carrier bags already waiting in the hall . |
| 13 | Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held . |
| 14 | Her thoughts were on the fact that it would be three months before she could move into her new abode , as she drove up the avenue . |
| 15 | ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery . |
| 16 | Caroline frowned as she glanced out the window . |
| 17 | At the same time , no power-dressed working woman would be seen dead without her higher heeled shoes — both to stamp on the toes of the men as she stepped up the corporate ladder and to balance her wide , padded shoulders . |
| 18 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 19 | ‘ I loathe and detest you , Luke Travis , ’ Merrill whispered later , as she hung up the pink dress . |
| 20 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 21 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 22 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 23 | As she ran up the garden , her legs felt soft and boneless under her ; she had the terrible feeling that they might collapse altogether if she did n't hurry and find somewhere private , somewhere nice and safe and dark . |
| 24 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 25 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 26 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 27 | Lucien watched her as she gathered up the sticks . |
| 28 | She preserved a dignified silence as she gathered up the trailing dressing-gown in one hand and kept the other on the rail attached to the wall on one side of the staircase . |
| 29 | Her heart was hammering as she went up the narrow , cheerless stairs she 'd last climbed before her interview . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's none of my business , ’ she replied , gripping the solid wood grab-rails as she went down the five steps with their non-slip treads . |