Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [pers pn] come [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 2 | When Nan rushed in , pulling her hat and coat off as she came in , she laughingly looked at the clock and said , ‘ Made it all but a minute , miss . |
| 3 | In the end the mother found us , grunting softly as she came over , nuzzling the calf and licking its cheek and neck . |
| 4 | He was leaning against a table and he straightened up as she came in . |
| 5 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |
| 6 | He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer . |
| 7 | It jolted up the lane , slowed down as it came out into the open area in front of the quarry gates , and stopped . |
| 8 | She pictured them all staring up as she came in and Michael Swinton giving rapid orders to Punch as he had done before , and saw herself putting her basket on the table and showing him what she had brought , the taste and spirit of Christmas from Bishopstow , from her house , her own establishment . |
| 9 | He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes . |
| 10 | She looked up as he came in , her eyes suddenly shrewd . |
| 11 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 12 | I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour , he thought savagely as he came out on to his floor and lumbered towards room 4038 , I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour and then some . |
| 13 | small wheel , you know , with a white horse he came , you know on er granite cobbles horses hooves , er he went to the bottom along this circle to turn round as he came back every door were open and we and er heads out , they thought it was a fu , you know , horse |
| 14 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 15 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 16 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 17 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's too hot , ’ Luke said unnecessarily as he came through , towelling water from his tangled hair . |
| 19 | They backed away as she came on , bowing abjectly . |
| 20 | They sat up as I came in , then relaxed when they recognised me . |