Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 2 | ‘ Almost , ’ his voice reasoned as he came to a halt , shaking her slightly as he turned her to face him . |
| 3 | A PAIR of teenage sweethearts suffocated as they cuddled in a car inside a garage . |
| 4 | Catch that , ’ Elinor called as she ran after a greasy , paper napkin , her gold satin pleats swirling around making her look like a giant sunflower . |
| 5 | " But there was a time long ago when the cassowary could fly as well as the bower-bird. " the old man rumbled as he reached for a sweetcorn in the cinders . |
| 6 | He watched as they settled in a smart hotel in Wardour Street , and then he slowly and stealthily surrounded the place with Bow Street Runners . |
| 7 | Then he was climbing back up the bank he had slithered down and I watched as he walked in a leisurely fashion across the slope of the mountain to the gully . |
| 8 | She watched as he broke into a run along the perimeter track ; the same track his bomber would lumber round tonight if standby became reality . |
| 9 | Her fists clenched and unclenched as she spoke in a low furious mutter . |
| 10 | The horse 's hooves and the iron cart rims made a terrible clatter on the cobblestones but at last silence fell as she came to a halt outside our door . |
| 11 | ‘ That was n't fair ! ’ she laughed as she skidded to a halt in the yard . |
| 12 | She smiled and went and put the kettle on , and listened as he wriggled like a worm on a hook . |
| 13 | Myra was right , Claudia thought as she attended to a customer . |
| 14 | She should never have allowed her wish to please Anna to influence her , she thought as she slipped on a pair of delicate , high-heeled black silk pumps . |
| 15 | Dad , apple ! he cried as they went under a fruit tree on the edge of the old plantation near the house . |
| 16 | ‘ Il Foro Romano , ’ Nicolo said as they shot by a clutch of tumbled white marble ruins . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're looking less peaky , ’ he said as she came to a halt on the slope a few yards below . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's where you 're wrong , ’ I said as he reached for a pen . |
| 19 | ‘ So you are writing about those things , ’ another Israeli said as he stood in a narrow , shaded lane . |
| 20 | A pregnant woman lost her baby after she fainted as she waited for a bus and fell into the path of a lorry driven by her uncle . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's my first time here , ’ she whispered as they squeezed into a table and a waiter took their orders for drinks . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you searching for anything in particular ? ’ he asked as she stood by a cage containing some little creatures curled up fast asleep . |
| 23 | ‘ This lift only goes to the penthouse , ’ he mocked as they came to a smooth halt . |
| 24 | She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration . |