Example sentences of "as [pers pn] passed the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As I passed the bottom of Crag Woods a figure emerged from the undergrowth . |
| 3 | As I passed the boy , who could not be more than 10 years of age , he said : |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 9 | As I passed the portals my feeling of doom increased . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This afternoon , as I passed the square , I saw two dogs skewered together , back to back . |
| 12 | As I passed the ladies I noticed that the beer crates stashed in front of the Fire Exit had been moved aside . |
| 13 | ‘ As I passed the boy I saw in the mirror the car had pulled out sharply to overtake and I just heard the bang . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As she passed the Haynes ' cottage , it seemed something was amiss there , too . |
| 16 | She sounded disappointed as she passed the handset to him . |
| 17 | A woman walking a dog heard 12 shots on Sunday as she passed the house . |
| 18 | As she passed the new couple her beach bag caught the Factor 15 and knocked it off the table . |
| 19 | " Mrs Hanney came in today , " said Mrs Maugham , as she passed the tea cosy through the hatch to Clara . |
| 20 | As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled , as if to remind her she had n't eaten since lunchtime . |
| 21 | As she passed the steward she nodded . |
| 22 | What made Bella look up as she passed the sitting room door , Cassie was never to learn . |
| 23 | The sun westered as she passed the gutted farm that had now been pulled down . |
| 24 | She felt a nervous spasm in her stomach as she passed the point where Fernand had led her from the path to show her his secret refuge . |
| 25 | Sarah turned her head away a little as she passed the bench . |
| 26 | She had walked fast , comfortable in the old corset she had firmly told Lyddy was quite sufficient for visiting the Rectory children , and as she passed the church , the clock struck three sonorously into the still afternoon air . |
| 27 | As she passed the vicarage she was startled to see Faustina picking her way along the front wall with a palm cross in her mouth . |
| 28 | However , as she passed the reception desk she noticed that his key was still on its hook . |
| 29 | She rode on , ducking below trees , shivering as she passed the guarding statues at the crumbling gate . |
| 30 | As she passed the wires through her pierced ears , she was aware that the earrings were much heavier than she was accustomed to wearing . |