Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 2 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 3 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 5 | The 31-year-old Scot skidded across the track into a fence after the back wheel of his Banco Yamaha broke away as he powered round a bend . |
| 6 | Jenna came back to the present rapidly and painfully as she tripped over a fallen and partially sunken log . |
| 7 | Just as we stepped over a rise , we nearly fell over the boy racer and party having their lunch . |
| 8 | For the next couple of years , Sinitta was dog-less as she ran up an amazing string of chart hits with the guidance of the nowlegendary Stock , Aitken and Waterman . |
| 9 | ‘ No need to get shirty , ’ Marler responded mildly as they walked along a quiet , carpeted corridor . |
| 10 | As soon as he sat down a slave laid a plate in front of him . |
| 11 | KENT went run crazy yesterday as they piled up a 603 for eight — their highest total since 1934 — against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |
| 12 | SEXY Joe Cain and Michelle Cleaver were n't hiding too much in London 's Hyde Park yesterday as they showed off a range of new sexy outfits . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's a manager , your dad , is n't he ? ’ asked Jamie Shepherd a few minutes later as they bounced round a corner with the old van rattling as if it was going to shake itself to bits at any moment . |
| 14 | Weaver ran through the gap between the houses , waving his right hand almost uselessly as he snapped off a second shot at Bodie . |
| 15 | The two girls died when the car ploughed into them from behind as they skipped along a pavement . |
| 16 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 17 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 18 | Lindsey smiled sympathetically as she handed over a prescription . |
| 19 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 20 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 21 | Barbados had witnessed a rather different Hanif a year earlier as he took out a 16-hour 10-minute lease on the crease and sculpted a monumental 337 against Worrell and Co . |
| 22 | Slit-eyed against the blinding rain , he hurled his weight forward as he powered up a ridge , the rear wheel tearing at shale and mud . |
| 23 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 24 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , at least it was positive , ’ he said ruefully as he put up a blunt-fingered hand to touch his cheek . |