Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 2 | The thunder rolled away as Mr Beckenham stared , leaving the place eerily silent , and his heart still . |
| 3 | And the violence continued yesterday as father-of-two Paddy McErlean narrowly escaped death . |
| 4 | Tonight — the stock market soars and the pound strengthens dramatically as Britain joins the E R M , but Labour warns the Chancellor will use these statistics to argue that : |
| 5 | The pound fell again as Mr Major insisted we will stay out of the ERM until it is reformed . |
| 6 | The horse stamped anxiously as stones were dislodged , but instinct kept him still and soon Felipe was beside Maggie , both of them pressed to the edge of the cliff . |
| 7 | The formation swam up as Woolley held the flight in its dive . |
| 8 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
| 9 | The girl looked up as Bernice approached , and managed a small smile . |
| 10 | Originally , the Middlesbrough man 's death was treated as suspicious and the pub sealed off as police questioned teatime drinkers . |
| 11 | The wide , centuries-old oak floorboards on the landing creaked softly as Guy reached the top of the stairs and caught up with her . |
| 12 | Opera House : The bomb went off as security forces were still clearing the area . |
| 13 | The device worked exactly as DeVore had said , but the truth was that he had access only to Tongjiang , and that only because Hans Ebert had been daring enough to take the thing in , risking the possibility that an over-zealous officer might search him , Tolonen 's favourite or no . |
| 14 | The moon came out as Martin entered the graveyard . |
| 15 | The phone rang just as Gedge believed he was about to be belted and the situation was thus defused . |
| 16 | The receptionist looked up as Caroline pushed the door open . |
| 17 | At the top of the rise , in rougher terrain , the scenery improves dramatically as Gruinard Bay is suddenly revealed ahead . |
| 18 | The restaurant was plunged into darkness and the music boomed out as Gino dived across the table at her . |
| 19 | The row came just as talks were starting on the environmental and labour safeguards that the Clinton administration wants before asking Congress to ratify the North American Free-Trade Agreement involving the United States , Mexico and Canada . |
| 20 | This is true of the novel considered both as commodity and as mode of representation . |
| 21 | The UK faces a particular problem in that the peculiarities of the Public Record Acts empowers the PRO to act only as custodians of the records generated by government . |
| 22 | In a Method A scheme , the amount paid out as PRP is a fixed percentage of profit . |
| 23 | Kellerman grinned at her but the gesture faded instantly as Donna spat in his face , the mucus sliding down his cheek thickly like gelatinous tears . |
| 24 | The giggle stopped abruptly as Lori discovered who was in the room . |
| 25 | The line screamed out as Trent beat to windward off the reef . |
| 26 | The bus lurched forward as Mabel called out : ‘ Just a minute — my friend 's left something behind . |
| 27 | The bus appeared just as Katherine turned the corner and she leapt on to it confidently . |
| 28 | The success of the treatment emerged yesterday as doctors gave details of the first 79 patients . |
| 29 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 30 | The conversation died abruptly as Cranston lurched across the room . |