Example sentences of "[pron] as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Haw — ha — ha — ’ he gasped , putting one hand on another pump to steady himself as he bent over a little and looked at his feet , the other hand on a knee , his chest heaving . |
| 2 | ALL RYE LIES BEFORE YOU as you sit round a grand , authentic scale model of this ancient town . |
| 3 | Resigning herself to the inevitable , she walked quietly alongside him as he kept up a running commentary on all they passed or saw . |
| 4 | Do you have to ? ’ she snarled at him as he took out a cigarette . |
| 5 | I watched him as he bounded up a flight of narrow concrete steps and banged his fists on a shabby door . |
| 6 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 7 | A SOLDIER who supplied transport for two younger youths intent on burglary , and kept watch for them as they carried out a theft , was fined over £300 by Alton magistrates on Tuesday . |
| 8 | Every hill-walker dreams of seeing a wildlife drama unfold in front of them as they peer over a crag , hoping that the next rise will reveal an osprey fighting off a wildcat which it returned to find attacking the nest , forcing the great bird to drop its intended dinner , a pine marten , which runs for its life , stopping only to catch and eat a grounded , flapping , pipistrelle bat . |