Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes scored twice , the second another solo effort , while Shane Tibbetts and Gander both showed a turn of speed as they increase the try tally . |
| 2 | Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor . |
| 3 | Greg thought back on the Hilda he had known with a surge of affection : he could almost see her , chuckling over the typewriter as she composed the letter . |
| 4 | He heard the coffee-cup as she put it down , then the soft swish of her skirt as she crossed the room and sat on the chair again . |
| 5 | I sat high by the bow like a proud salvaged mermaid as we entered the canal at Dochfour leading to Inverness . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll endeavour to employ a shade more vigilance than you did , ’ she returned lightly , then cocked her head to one side as she heard the sound of a siren . |
| 7 | Gwen Bunker looked from one man to the other , cocking her head to one side as she appraised the merchandise . |
| 8 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |
| 9 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 10 | This time Allen and Dicks were cautioned , Allen fortunate not to be shown a red card as he harangued the referee . |
| 11 | He looked over the card as he delivered the oath , which he knew by heart , and saw the incongruous green of an army uniform through the glass of the doors . |
| 12 | In Moscow , the screen-watcher was unaware of all this drama and emotion as he tracked the Citation across north-west Russia and into St Petersburg . |
| 13 | The appeal to doctrines of reincarnation is an almost essential fall-back as it shifts the burden of full responsibility from our shoulders . |
| 14 | Lord Justice Higgins ' widow , Bridget , daughters , Mary , Lucy and Cait , and sons John and Matthew , led the cortege as it left the church for burial at Milltown Cemetery in Magherafelt . |
| 15 | Even nails stopped in his stride as they rounded the corner by the cinema queue . |
| 16 | He hardly paused in his stride as he led the way up two flights of stairs and , outwardly calm but instinctively wary , Merrill followed . |
| 17 | There was even a slight swagger in his stride as he entered the Star Dressing Room . |
| 18 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Lesley lost two pints of blood as she chased the knifeman . |
| 20 | Connors brought me up to date on his opinion of the guys in the car as I rolled the heap round the first intersection . |
| 21 | He looked over his shoulder and smiled at Cecily the courtesan as she swept the porch of the church . |
| 22 | There was the sound of a T.V. programme as we passed the entrance to the first-floor flat ; on the ground floor all was quiet . |
| 23 | Germans out to put World Cup build-up back on an even keel Mike Chisholm reports on the mood of the opposition as they approach the match at Ibrox |
| 24 | One week later , the forces of the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) met relatively little opposition as they entered the capital , Addis Ababa . |
| 25 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 26 | ( This sentence is in the passive voice because the words " impartiality " and " impersonal " were the ones we wished to fix in your mind as you read the sentence . ) |
| 27 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 28 | Nursing my mug of tea in both hands and feeling the warmth of the rum through my body , the thought crossed my mind as I watched the mortar team sitting on the grass in front of me , ‘ What if the Germans discovered where we were , and got our range ? |
| 29 | If he was slightly puzzled as to why the familiar car that Louis 's mother drove had n't yet passed them , he put it from his mind as he enjoyed the walk home . |
| 30 | Yet when he was asked what went through his mind as he confronted the gunman , he replied with a joke . |