Example sentences of "as she [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose that I 've just been recognising that the sort of feeling your mother had for your father is … she paused as she searched for as unemotive a word as possible . |
| 3 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 4 | Well as she cared for him , he was quite an embarrassment to his mother , and the less he was evident in her life the better . |
| 5 | One woman juror winked at Liberace as she returned for the verdict . |
| 6 | Even as she prayed for deliverance , her body shook with the desire to be one with him . |
| 7 | An hour later , she was sent for and went as she was , still in the apron spotted with bits of meat and potato where they had clung to her as she fought for them . |
| 8 | The air between them suddenly seemed static , as she fought for the words to justify her decision . |
| 9 | The nails scored the palms of her hands as she fought for control . |
| 10 | Coughing and spluttering , she went under , treading water , and suddenly found herself supported by a pair of equally strong arms as she fought for the surface . |
| 11 | She was seething , and was not certain , as she fought for control , that she would n't physically lash out at him yet . |
| 12 | Nicolo stared at her as she fought for self-control . |
| 13 | When she turned on her mother , her face was scarlet and her double chin wobbled as she sought for words . |
| 14 | Fabia asked , her wide green eyes looking into his dark ones as she sought for his understanding . |
| 15 | Gloria came every day , just as she had for Baby . |
| 16 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 17 | She had tossed and turned — as she had for a fortnight — thinking of Amy , full of foreboding . |
| 18 | Sally , her father 's wife , had advised her on more than one occasion , but Harriet had as little time for stylists as she had for clothes — and besides , she rather liked her hair just as it was . |
| 19 | The Trunchbull had as great a dislike for long hair on boys as she had for plaits and pigtails on girls and she was about to show it . |
| 20 | She kept wanting to cry , as she had with Stephen , as she had for so much of the time since Timothy Gedge had come into their lives . |
| 21 | Smallfry was smiling sweetly as she reached for Frankie 's sleeve and eased him in the direction of the door . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 23 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 24 | She glanced at her daughter as she reached for the silver letter-knife ; Senga was standing before the French doors , looking out at the snow-piled garden . |
| 25 | Her hands were shaking as she reached for the first of the envelopes . |
| 26 | It was fortunate that Luke did n't come in at that particular moment , Merrill mused later , as she reached for the telephone directory ; he would certainly have misread Rob 's little gesture of appreciation . |
| 27 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 28 | But as she reached for it , tried to bring it into sharper focus , it was gone . |
| 29 | As she reached for the coffee-cup , half of its contents now in the saucer , all she intended to do was right it . |
| 30 | Two spots of colour appeared in Jill 's cheeks as she reached for the report book . |