Example sentences of "[verb] as [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 You are Scottish ? ’ and each time she touches my kilt with her hand , throwing her head back and laughing as we spin around the dance floor .
2 ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone .
3 ‘ You told me ’ , I say as we bounce along the ever-dwindling road , ‘ that you thought of marrying Lady De Marr .
4 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 !
5 They became widely separated as they struggled up the slope .
6 Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away .
7 ‘ Hi , lover , ’ she said , her lips trembling as she fought back the urge to weep with happiness at his recovery .
8 ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 He turned as they came up the spiral wrought-iron staircase .
11 Bodie nodded as he thought through the implications of that .
12 Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought .
13 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 .
14 Caroline frowned as she glanced out the window .
15 They were in room order , A , B — Smart — Avery — Her hands shook as she drew out the file and turned back the cover .
16 She sighed as she switched on the ignition and the Glory moved off .
17 Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 ‘ We 're nicely tucked away here in case someone comes looking for us , ’ he remarked as he switched off the engine .
21 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 .
22 I noticed the leather of my shoes darken as it picked up the moisture from the grass .
23 Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast .
24 All bedrooms have en suite or private facilities and colour TV , their attractive wooden shutters are always appreciated as they block out the dawn chorus — traffic noise is not a problem !
25 This methyl mercury is absorbed by small organisms in the water which are eaten by fish which are eaten by larger fish , and all the time the poison is being concentrated as it moves up the food chain .
26 'E collapsed as 'e come out the Kings Arms an' they rushed 'im away ter the 'ospital. 'E 's in a bad way so Maisie Dingle told me .
27 Mum was crying as she picked up the money and slipped it into her purse which she kept down her bosom .
28 So this is one further factor to consider as you weigh up the alternatives .
29 His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her .
30 ‘ George Vicente Brown goin' be one dead son of a beetch , ’ Miguelito swore as he struggled up the bank .
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