Example sentences of "as [subord] she had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt as much for that girl as if she had been her own flesh and blood . |
| 2 | But Lamprey had been as courteous as if she had been in her father 's drawing-room . |
| 3 | She stayed in Danzig five or six weeks , to her daughter-in-law 's horror and embarrassment , since she had her cryings and roarings ‘ as well as if she had been at home ’ . |
| 4 | It looked at first as if she had been drinking blood . |
| 5 | None of this mess was of her making , yet she was just as much a prisoner as if she had been in gaol like Clive . |
| 6 | Jessamy jumped back as quickly as if she had been shot . |
| 7 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |
| 8 | Though Maggie was eighteen , tall and attractive , she was still as much in awe of Moran as when she had been a child . |
| 9 | Perhaps Ruth had done something especially stunning , as when she had been made chief maid of honour to the school 's May Queen . |
| 10 | She looked the same as when she had been twenty-nine , before the birth of the child . |
| 11 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 12 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 13 | The next moment she jumped up , almost angrily , as though she had been trapped into a softness that she did not mean . |
| 14 | ‘ Why , Gloria , my dear ! ’ said one of the ladies , putting aside her soup-dish and hurrying across the wide room to welcome them almost , but not quite , as though she had been expecting them . |
| 15 | It was as though she had been swept aside , neglected , and Blattern took note of these things , and would rejoice because Alida Thorne had received no letter , was an unwanted woman . |
| 16 | It was as though her father had died again , as though she had been injured to her soul . |
| 17 | It was wild and erratic , as though she had been writing under severe emotional strain . |
| 18 | Over in the corner behind a gigantic desk sat this old bird who looked as though she had been there since Marie Stopes was pre-pubescent . |
| 19 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 20 | The girl , who looked as though she had been made in heaven out of peaches and cream , was wearing a few pieces of string arranged as a bikini , high heels , the goose-pimples , and nothing else . |
| 21 | A little embarrassed because it looked as though she had been prying , Meredith murmured , ‘ I 'm not much of a cook . ’ |
| 22 | Emily felt as though she had been slapped in the face . |
| 23 | As it happened , Clara was wrong , but she was not to know she was wrong , and she suffered as much as though she had been right . |
| 24 | Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day . |
| 25 | It was as though she had been hit hard in the stomach . |
| 26 | She looked exceptionally well , glowing with health , almost as though she had been on holiday , which Liz knew she had not . |
| 27 | In the morning , while the dream remained with her , she felt searingly deprived , as though she had been abandoned , as though she had lost someone known and loved . |
| 28 | Blanche 's eyes widened slightly , as though she had been irritated by the reply . |
| 29 | Her lips were parted and her breath was coming in quick gasps as though she had been running , the breasts , looking naked under the light silk wrap , rising and falling . |
| 30 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |