Example sentences of "as the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gusts of rain and snow flurried through the opened door as the shape scrabbled on the floor . |
| 2 | As the storm broke over the High Street and a great fork of raw energy stabbed downwards , it struck the very tip of the copper spire of the Old College . |
| 3 | But as the lane turned into the metalled road , and Vitor remained mute , she cast him a glance . |
| 4 | We can calculate their relative preference for the Conservatives on the unemployment issue as C/ ( C+L+A ) , that is , as the mark given to the Conservatives expressed as a proportion of the total mark given to all three parties ( or multiplied by 100 to transform it from a proportion into a percentage ) . |
| 5 | As the story unfolds in the immediate aftermath of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , we see how two families , one black and one white , are destroyed — and the black actors are all South Africans themselves rather than US imports . |
| 6 | Outside , in the clear day , as the couple stood beneath the bell rope , a small box of confetti was thrown . |
| 7 | Save the horses ! ’ , as the chief splashed across the creek to gather mounts for the fleeing families . |
| 8 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 9 | Warming up by straight-driving Rajesh Chauhan for four , he then took 12 from one over from the off-spinner — an off-drive , a full-blooded swing over midwicket and a dismissive pull as the bowler wilted under the assault . |
| 10 | In the heat of summer , as the humidity rises to the barely tolerable and the threatening cloud formation known as ‘ Morgan 's Hand ’ hangs off the coast , thousands of tourists buy tartans and Pringle knitwear on the quayside . |
| 11 | ‘ I noticed , ’ she said , reaching out to touch him — and pulling away as if she had been stung as the telephone rang inside the house . |
| 12 | Here they were steam tested and carriage heaters changed as required and main pipe leaks marked up for attention as the vehicle passed through the lifting shop . |
| 13 | As the door dosed behind the routed Fiona , Celia thought she glimpsed the worried , ageing woman behind Georgina 's facade of gruff competence . |
| 14 | As the door closed behind the girl , Emily somehow felt that she had been bested . |
| 15 | Hari sighed in relief as the door closed behind the men . |
| 16 | As the door closed behind the Inspector the atmosphere lightened . |
| 17 | ‘ Dad — I had to come , ’ Harriet said as the door closed after the secretary . |
| 18 | But just before this moment arrives , as soon as the door closes on the porter , Howard notices the writing-table , and all the little giveaways which the management has arranged under the lamp — books of matches , a long-stemmed rose in water , writing-paper , and picture postcards of the hotel . |
| 19 | Straight up , as the Minister said to the actress . |
| 20 | The child may initially need to be held briefly on the chair , but the parent can release hand pressure as soon as the child settles on the chair . |
| 21 | We had no weather data for Viseu — it seemed that their phone number had changed , as the person looking after the field at Bragança tried to phone without success . |
| 22 | All the keywords can be left in the configuration file , as the parameter given for the keyword HCMAP dictates whether a volume set will be prepared for hard copy or omitted from the hard copy run . |
| 23 | Tabitha watched in diminishing triumph and mounting dismay as the Perk fell through the smoky air and struck one of the huge statues directly on the head . |
| 24 | As the submarine nosed around the island 's waters for three days , often making one and a half knots or less , there were a number of unanswered questions . |
| 25 | As the girl disappeared through the door , Mr Beckenham seized Pigdon 's arm and turned to confront his wife . |
| 26 | At the end of the first circuit Brown Chamberlin , who had been jumping sketchily , was pulled up , and as the field came past the stands and swung away into the country again Bregawn kept up his gallop . |
| 27 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 28 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Strange how we have taken to some French words and not others , is n't it ? ’ remarked Henry diplomatically as the parlourmaid came into the room with a pile of dinner plates and the vegetable dishes . |
| 30 | Based around the most simple of Eddie Cochran chords ( deliberate , as the song deals with the atmosphere of the fifties ) , ‘ Rusholme Ruffians ’ sees a young Morrissey wandering around one of those intensely violent travelling fairs and soaking in the absurdities . |