Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lydia had once read a women's-magazine-type romance in book-form and her mind had felt then as her stomach felt now — ever so slightly destroyed . |
| 2 | Its circulation had grown enormously as immigrants flooded into Tollemarche , and it had expanded into the shops which flanked it on either side . |
| 3 | Her imagination had run wild as she had fantasised tirelessly about how it would feel to have him hold her , his mouth pressed in passion against her own . |
| 4 | His voice had hardened briefly as he added the caution , but when he went on again it was low and musing . |
| 5 | Mozart was by no means forgotten after his death : on the contrary , his reputation continued to spread widely as his music became available through publications and performances of the operas ( especially The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni ) . |
| 6 | The muscles in his face had flexed tight as he spoke and his breathing had become uneven . |