Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will act as it did last Friday , with determination and sensitivity . |
| 2 | They made a good pair , both dark-haired , Simone animated and bubbly , laughing as he related amusing anecdotes about his travels . |
| 3 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 4 | I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three . |
| 5 | He had come as he did each day with bread from the baker 's iron oven that stood open to the lane in the souk . |
| 6 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 7 | Surkov 's hand trembled as he lit another cigarette . |
| 8 | Throttles opened wide , the engines roared as they regained flying speed , the Vimy skimmed the waves so close that the spray beat underneath the wings . |
| 9 | See I do n't feel as I did last night but it 's still there , you know I just take some more tablets like , you know . |
| 10 | Patrick , a former soldier , was alone on an around the world adventure when he was shot as he resisted two men who tried to take his cash and camera . |
| 11 | This bottle seems to have a plastic stopper , ’ he murmured as he filled two glasses . |
| 12 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 13 | Newman nodded as they passed one dwelling . |
| 14 | Christina 's hand shook as she sipped golden rum from the bottle and passed it to Stephen . |
| 15 | ‘ Hymne D'Amour was with Major Hern at two and three , but did n't run as she had all sorts of troubles , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Keith grinned as he selected another file . |
| 17 | ‘ Call in anytime , ’ the hospitable ladies further invited as they rallied reluctant dogs and piled into the car to go and collect the men . |
| 18 | If the Prince of Wales had not stood up and spoken as he did that day , the government might have remained entrenched on the subject for considerably longer than it was . |
| 19 | Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent . |
| 20 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 21 | Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters . |
| 22 | A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall . |
| 23 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 24 | Anna had been suddenly struck as she pushed open Pricewell 's double glass doors , by the ‘ Vacancy ’ notice pasted to the inside of it . |
| 25 | In this latest attack a nineteen year old woman was sexually assaulted as she crossed this footbridge walking home . |
| 26 | With only fifteen yards to go Crisp tightened as he felt Red Rum 's presence but it was his dying effort and only lasted for a second . |
| 27 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
| 28 | He felt as he had that night when he invoked the power of Callanish to intercede and save Minch 's life . |
| 29 | The National Gallery must be very satisfied to have concluded as it did last week . |
| 30 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |