Example sentences of "as [pers pn] pass the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I collect the long-handled trowel as I pass the shed . |
| 2 | As I pass the door to the front room Rufus is still talking sweetly . |
| 3 | As I passed the hall in a large comprehensive school , where notices proclaimed ‘ Quiet please : examination in progress ’ , the invigilator , a geography teacher , staggered out to engage me in slurred discussion of educational issues . |
| 4 | As I passed the bottom of Crag Woods a figure emerged from the undergrowth . |
| 5 | As I passed the boy , who could not be more than 10 years of age , he said : |
| 6 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
| 7 | As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag . |
| 8 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 9 | As I passed the bakery on my way home , Didier ran out of the shop to greet me and asked if he might accompany me . |
| 10 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 11 | As I passed the portals my feeling of doom increased . |
| 12 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 13 | This afternoon , as I passed the square , I saw two dogs skewered together , back to back . |
| 14 | As I passed the ladies I noticed that the beer crates stashed in front of the Fire Exit had been moved aside . |
| 15 | ‘ As I passed the boy I saw in the mirror the car had pulled out sharply to overtake and I just heard the bang . |
| 16 | As you pass the municipal pump , pause a moment … |
| 17 | If you take a number 36 double decker bus to Litherwood , sit upstairs and , as you pass the Canton Corner take-away , look to your left . |
| 18 | But you can be a bit sickened by the effect as you pass the new crop of boarded-up shops and closing down sales . |
| 19 | Come in from the port end and take a note of the countdown time as you pass the buoy . |
| 20 | Diagram 3 Port bias Take time to go as you pass the buoy . |
| 21 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 22 | As she passed the Haynes ' cottage , it seemed something was amiss there , too . |
| 23 | She sounded disappointed as she passed the handset to him . |
| 24 | A woman walking a dog heard 12 shots on Sunday as she passed the house . |
| 25 | As she passed the new couple her beach bag caught the Factor 15 and knocked it off the table . |
| 26 | " Mrs Hanney came in today , " said Mrs Maugham , as she passed the tea cosy through the hatch to Clara . |
| 27 | As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled , as if to remind her she had n't eaten since lunchtime . |
| 28 | As she passed the steward she nodded . |
| 29 | What made Bella look up as she passed the sitting room door , Cassie was never to learn . |
| 30 | The sun westered as she passed the gutted farm that had now been pulled down . |