Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 2 | PANAMA CITY ( AP ) — Panamanian police arrested Ricardo Arias Calderon , the Christian Democrat former vice-presidential candidate , and some supporters as they toured remote provinces urging people to boycott the military-controlled government . |
| 3 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 4 | Grey herons contorted to strange shapes as they stretched long necks and peered into the shallows . |
| 5 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 6 | He hummed the little tones as he pressed each key . |
| 7 | Travelling by horse and camel caravan , as dictated by the terrain , they would have to be self-sufficient for all of their needs as they traversed vast plains and mighty forests , mountain passes and arid deserts , experiencing great extremes of heat and cold . |
| 8 | Kate stopped in her tracks as she applied red lipstick . |
| 9 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 10 | She did not speak — she knew better — but walked into the kitchen , thinking furiously , among other things , that her treasure had not looked so happy and fulfilled for years as he did sitting opposite to his American servant girl — and what could that mean , and did she approve ? |
| 11 | The 77-year-old ignored flashing blue lights as he drove nine miles down the middle lane of the M5 at 40mph . |
| 12 | Altogether , over a span of eleven years , Lottie Dod lost only five times in open singles as she collected five Wimbledon , five Northern , and three West of England titles , as well as one in Ireland and one at Waterloo . |
| 13 | The green of sugar cane showed above dry yellow stalks as we crossed another river bed , the sound of rushing water drowning the engine . |
| 14 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 15 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 16 | I think I would commend LIFE to you , but it will be with the same conditions and terms as we did last year , with which they did comply . |
| 17 | Robbie observed him through lowered lashes as he made hearty inroads on the food . |
| 18 | Finally , she abandoned herself to him once again , the moonlight playing on their bodies as they loved each other with a strength that surprised them both . |
| 19 | The tenanted side of the Pubmaster pub retailing division is to be called Threshold Inns and not Legend Inns as I reported last month . |
| 20 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 21 | While waiting for her passengers as they inspected isolated gun-sites on windswept clifftops and rocky promontories , Liza was urged by her passengers to switch on the car engine to keep herself warm , however much she knew this procedure to be frowned upon by her direct superiors at Command Headquarters . |
| 22 | Two campaigners , an Englishman and a Frenchman , brushed away tears as they recalled 453 airmen who never returned from World War 2 sorties . |
| 23 | The abbey church of St Ricquier , built in the 790s , had galleries in its apses , and choir screens round the area of some of its altars , with the idea ( as we know from the ritual order of its Abbot Angilbert ) of dividing the monks ' and boys ' choirs ; the building must have echoed to the sound of these choirs as they answered each other antiphonally from different parts of it . |
| 24 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 25 | Use the same posters as we had last year , but put on , cover up and put a new on , use them up . |
| 26 | McCallen and Robert Dunlop may again share the two 250cc races as they did last year and Moodie may lift the 400cc . |
| 27 | She spent the next hour jotting down notes as she processed each disk . |
| 28 | Well , that 's all very well but there is one other I would like to add to the list and put it near the top — Downpatrick , who have been battling on their own for years , and who still manage to attract huge crowds as they showed last Monday . |
| 29 | some of the taking exams as we had this year , they , they |
| 30 | The publican had looked at her several times as she offered little posies of limp flowers to customers for a penny a time . |