Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snapping of twigs as someone moved over the thick , soggy mass of fallen leaves . |
| 2 | There 's no strain on the ears as you heap on the gas . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 4 | The hollow sounds of doors banging and footsteps receding echoed in her ears as she stepped inside the sparsely furnished room . |
| 5 | Together the landlady and her shocked spouse burst into voluble speech , which beat at Theda 's ears as she fled up the stairs . |
| 6 | The day had turned unseasonably cold and cloudy , and they were glad of their overcoats as they trudged along the windy streets . |
| 7 | His brain seemed to be malfunctioning — his emotions felt like torn rags as he stared at the theatre programme that sat on top of his desk . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , master , ’ she muttered , glaring at his bronzed legs as they disappeared through the hatch . |
| 9 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 10 | His attorney 's girlfriend was holding on to his legs as he went through the things that were wrong with his life , in broken English . |
| 11 | I , Jessel , saw the heaviness in his legs as he walked up the lane . |
| 12 | So John Davies and Simon Green of the University of Leicester have collaborated with the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in Britain to look for fast-moving objects in IRAS signals as they arrive from the laboratory 's receiving station in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 14 | From the response of these waves as they travel through the Earth it is possible to build up a general picture of the properties of its interior . |
| 15 | He held onto his back as they leapt from shelf to shelf and soon he no longer had to shut his eyes as they flew through the air . |
| 16 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 17 | In occasional clearings the American boys caught sight of slender natives in conical , palm-leaf hats bending over fishing lines or snares for river fowl , but they rarely looked up ; only the naked , potbellied children paid any attention , staring at the Avignon with brown , expressionless eyes as it swung past the low banks on which they stood . |
| 18 | Miss Wharton , briefly closing her eyes as she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves , thought that she could still scent , above the smell of sluggish water and damp earth , a trace of the heady elderberry flowers of June . |
| 19 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
| 20 | ROS raises himself on his elbows and shades his eyes as he stares into the auditorium . |
| 21 | Standing in the back of one of the pick-ups as it sped across the hard sand , with the dust spiralling out behind us across the vast plain , it seemed that a whole new world was opening up . |
| 22 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 23 | The pair became used to the waves and hoots from passing motorists , trucks and even train drivers as they journeyed to the Mediterranean coast . |
| 24 | The skirls and laments still echoed in our heads as we rolled through the West 's brooding , lonely landscapes . |
| 25 | Fierce Eyes and his mother used nets to catch them , stamping on their heads as they struggled in the loose , confining space . |
| 26 | A police constable was injured as bottles and other missiles were thrown at 300 British National Party supporters as they arrived for the rally in York Hall , Bethnal Green . |
| 27 | He stayed on the wrong side of the road , followed the tracks recently made by the police cars as they drove through the snow . |
| 28 | Adam kept low and dodged between the cars as he ran to the pavement . |
| 29 | He narrowly avoided collisions with two cars as he drove onto the western bypass and forced the pursuing police car to take evasive action when he drove towards it on another road . |
| 30 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |