Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
| 2 | Like London in the nineteen-forties , Paris seemed to have assembled every uniform and race loyal to the Allied cause ; and what variety , what colour the Moroccans and the Senegalese , Annamites and Malgaches , presented as they mingled down the Champs Elysées with immaculate cavalry officers , Foreign Legionnaires , kilted Highlanders , pretty nursing sisters , and now a sprinkling of American flyers from the Lafayette Squadron ! |
| 3 | They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope . |
| 4 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 5 | ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery . |
| 6 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |
| 7 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 8 | He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase . |
| 9 | Bodie nodded as he thought through the implications of that . |
| 10 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 11 | They would take a lazy bottom turn , stall as they climbed up the wave , then disappear behind the curtain for a second or two , reappearing like actors at the end of a play to take a bow . |
| 12 | Caroline frowned as she glanced out the window . |
| 13 | They were in room order , A , B — Smart — Avery — Her hands shook as she drew out the file and turned back the cover . |
| 14 | She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off . |
| 15 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
| 16 | She sniffed as she put down the parcel of books and took off her gloves , and sniffed again as Maxie sank back on his bench , relieved that his beautiful black Cadillac was intact . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're nicely tucked away here in case someone comes looking for us , ’ he remarked as he switched off the engine . |
| 18 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 19 | I noticed the leather of my shoes darken as it picked up the moisture from the grass . |
| 20 | Mum was crying as she picked up the money and slipped it into her purse which she kept down her bosom . |
| 21 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
| 22 | ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank . |
| 23 | From under the chair I watched as she scooped up the mess into a cloth , and dropped it in the bin . |
| 24 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |
| 25 | Sophie laughed as she picked up the instrument , then , after listening for a minute , she said , ‘ Oh , yes . |
| 26 | Some of their moves were a delight to watch as they swept up the field constantly , and the rate of scoring hardly slackened all afternoon . |
| 27 | Whatever else was wrong with him he was at least honest , Carrie thought as she ran up the town . |
| 28 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 29 | She swung her shapely legs inside and began talking as he switched on the ignition . |
| 30 | His heart hammered as he choked out the words : ‘ Drowning … . |