Example sentences of "[verb] as [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Surkov 's hand trembled as he lit another cigarette . |
| 4 | He apologises as he stifles another yawn and tries to look interested . |
| 5 | At Carnival Cruise Lines we do not have any minimum age limits as we judge each person on his or her ability and personality . |
| 6 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 7 | Firstly , fibre-rich foods are more filling and thus satisfying , though of course they take more work to consume as they require more chewing . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ They know as he does that 75pc of the cigarettes manufactured in Darlington go abroad . |
| 10 | Keith grinned as he selected another file . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm sure you feel as I do that openness is the best policy in these affairs . |
| 15 | A learning technique in which individuals perform a series of sequential actions and say what they are doing as they perform each action . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But what we need to do as well , is to listen wha to what the churches are saying as they address these issues . |
| 18 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 19 | In this latest attack a nineteen year old woman was sexually assaulted as she crossed this footbridge walking home . |
| 20 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
| 21 | He felt as he had that night when he invoked the power of Callanish to intercede and save Minch 's life . |
| 22 | Thus the subject matter of this chapter , combining as it does both practices in the teaching of the arts and LEA 's INSET policies , has hitherto been virtually unresearched . |
| 23 | When the Men came Woil would simper and whisper his pleasure and let them handle him as they liked as he said such things as : ‘ Nice Man , pleasant person . |
| 24 | Any festival would be proud of a comment such as that above , showing as it does that Nikolai Demidenko 's first great success in the West was with us . |
| 25 | He lifted the boy 's hand into his rough dry palm and poked at the pattern of bruises on both sides , scowling as he prodded each mark in turn . |
| 26 | She weeps as she says these words about him : |
| 27 | She grimaced as she took another swig of Coke . |
| 28 | If this is accepted then odours per se , destroying as they do any feeling of well-being , the enjoyment of food and home , are prejudicial to health and adequate legal measures ought to be available to ensure their control . |
| 29 | He coughed as he lit another cigarette . |
| 30 | ‘ This is our little guest cottage , ’ she announced as they mounted some steps on to a wide , spacious veranda which ran the length of the property . |