Example sentences of "as [pers pn] enter the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt like Father Christmas as I entered the front door of the cottage to be welcomed like a long-lost son . |
| 2 | As I entered the big house by the back door I noticed a lot of activity , people dashing here and there . |
| 3 | Southgate caught up with me as I entered the main hall and saw Santerre and others sitting round the high table . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've fallen , ’ she said to me as I entered the little porch tacked on to the front of the house . |
| 5 | I had already decided to do that as soon as I entered the darkened chamber where the royal beast sat slouched on a chair . |
| 6 | Grand chandeliers and marble floors , gilt mirrors and woven wall-hangings greet you as you enter the airy Hotel Savoy and these set the tone for a traditional hotel of classic style . |
| 7 | It is usual to have the boards running so that you look down them as you enter the main door of the room . |
| 8 | Elaine exclaimed , her delight evident as she entered the open-plan living- and dining-room decorated in a fresh lemon and blue fabric which Christina had chosen . |
| 9 | Reflecting in her vague kindly way that it was very nice for Jasper to have friends of his own age to play with in the holidays , a lot better than in the days when he had lived in that tower block in Walworth , she was still thinking along these lines as she entered the gateless gateway and found her eyes irresistibly turning upwards to the bell . |
| 10 | Joan looked wholly enchanting as she entered the great hall that evening beside the duchess . |
| 11 | As she entered the narrow lane , the soot-blackened buildings seemed to close in on her threateningly . |
| 12 | As she entered the little parlour behind her , Theda was brought up short by the sight of a stranger standing before the fireplace . |
| 13 | Kelly felt quite calm as she entered the large committee room . |
| 14 | Laura Wyndham 's deep sapphire-blue eyes sparkled with amusement , her lips widening into a broad , wry smile as she entered the large living-room of the penthouse apartment . |
| 15 | Again at Ascot , Prince Philip snubs Diana as she enters the Royal box . |
| 16 | This axiom is worth remembering as we enter the second year of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction , declared by the UN . |
| 17 | As we enter the tiny auditorium , the usher asks to see our tickets . |
| 18 | As we enter the darkened cinema it is around 11.30 p.m. and the seats are quickly filling with various rowdies , late-night drinkers and revellers to whom we eagerly add ourselves . |
| 19 | Steering the RCN through the gravest provocation and confrontations — over industrial action , inadequacy of resources , management reorganisations , and the latest debacle over the implementation of a new clinical grading structure — he is strategically well placed to voice a considered opinion on the future of the profession in Britain as we enter the next decade . |
| 20 | erm Nonetheless , while we want to carry on supporting that , we 've also got to think , as Jack said , erm of as we enter the next century what is going to be right for our children , and we know that in many ways we have failed them and we know that we are producing many children who have n't had the training and the education that 's going to be necessary for us to be erm economically competent in the future , so we 've got to look at the whole of our educational provision , and frankly I think opting out was erm a sort of unnecessary blip on all of this that is n't really terribly important in the whole issue of how the children in this country should be educated . |
| 21 | One thing is certain as we enter the next millenium , physicians , surgeons , and nurses in the developed nations must learn to enjoy working with elderly people . |
| 22 | Who would have thought that , as we enter the 21st century , 7.5 million people would have been served with warrants ? |
| 23 | As we entered the main causeway which snaked through the trees to the manor 's main door , the sight of Royston killed the song on our lips and the joy in our hearts . |
| 24 | As we entered the bloated face nodded us a silent greeting . |
| 25 | WESTERN nations will have older and dwindling populations as they enter the next century , and their fluctuating birth rates will also pose problems , a conference on future trends heard yesterday . |
| 26 | There was still enough ill-temper left in him to startle Vulcan into a gallop when two spurs were simultaneously jabbed into his body as they entered the straight stretch of forest track . |
| 27 | As they entered the little hall , two detectives who had been playing cards swept their cards off the table like schoolboys caught in the act . |
| 28 | Such Methodenstreite ( battles of methods ) divided the world of the social scientists , but in so far as they entered the natural sciences — even the biological ones on the sensitive issue of evolution — they reflected an intrusion of ideological preferences rather than professional debate . |
| 29 | As they entered the last fortnight of the share sale there was still a shade under half the £6.5 million to be raised . |
| 30 | The sociology of culture , as it entered the second half of the twentieth century , was broadly compounded of work done from these two positions , much of it of great local value . |