Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watch Fairfax carefully as he talks to the laibon . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , do n't ! ’ said Miss Havisham crossly as we hurried past the little group again . |
| 3 | ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas . |
| 4 | ‘ In the cupboard on the right , ’ said Penry curtly as he searched through a drawer . |
| 5 | ‘ No one 's taking the poor girl anywhere , ’ declared Dolly firmly as she emerged from the room to confront Boz . |
| 6 | All eyes will be on Vina Buller today as she goes into the final showjumping phase in the lead of the National Championship sponsored by Heineken at Punchestown in Co Kildare . |
| 7 | Rohmer still held Gilbert tight as he thrashed to be free . |
| 8 | FULL employment was reinstated as a central aim of Labour 's economic recovery programme by Mr Kinnock yesterday as he pledged to ‘ mobilise the talents of all the people ’ in an education and training revolution . |
| 9 | A tiny part of her wanted to confront him with what he 'd done ; yet she knew she could n't do it , could n't bear looking into his sea-blue eyes , or at the lips which had kissed her so tenderly the night before , only to laugh with Marianne today as he shared with her the secrets Shannon had confided so trustingly — so blindly ! |
| 10 | Dauntless watched Cleo carefully as she sat on the rugs beside the dog , stroking its short , dense fur . |
| 11 | Michael is accused of entering Iraq illegally as he travelled to Australia . |
| 12 | The pilot , with no diplomatic clearance number , made one up ; air-traffic control did not believe him , but he managed to weave his way towards Iran even as he argued with them . |
| 13 | It felt like somebody had put a gun to his kneecap , said David Lawrence today as he came from his bed at the hospital in Wellington to meet reporters . |
| 14 | As they come to the final fence Second Schedule being pressed by Ebony Jane and Bishops Hall on the nearside and over the last Second Schedule and Bishops Hall on the nearside , Ebony Jane in third , in fourth place is Joe White and racing into the closing stages it 's Second Schedule with Bishops Hall on the nearside Graham Bradley again as they go to the line , Bishops Hall wins it for Harry , Second Schedule is second , Joe White is third , Ebony Jane four . |
| 15 | FERGIE and her daughters had to mingle with ordinary travellers at Heathrow yesterday as they waited for her sister to arrive from Australia . |
| 16 | Lorton watched Dougal surreptitiously as they walked along the path through the woods . |
| 17 | Something began to well up in Fabia then as she looked at Ven , and her breath caught . |
| 18 | ‘ Library , ’ said Mrs Stych shortly as she staggered through the snow towards her house . |
| 19 | SOCCER boss Graeme Souness comforted his lover Karen Levy yesterday as she went to court to get cash from her ex-husband . |