Example sentences of "as [noun] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others saw the action in a more defensive light : as Brezhnev explained at the 26th Party Congress in 1981 , the situation in Afghanistan posed a ‘ direct threat to the security of [ the Soviet ] southern frontier ’ , and it was certainly true that an unstable , possibly militant Islamic government in a state immediately adjoining the USSR 's southern borders might have quite serious implications for public order in the traditionally Muslim republics of Central Asia . |
| 2 | Buchanan stood up , putting on his coat as Warden stood at the same time . |
| 3 | HE was the butt of jokes as England flopped at the European Championship . |
| 4 | As delegates arrived at the Grand Kremlin Palace , hundreds of pro and anti-Yeltsin demonstrators rallied on Red Square . |
| 5 | In a second , as Suzanne looked at the seated pair , Franca realised something . |
| 6 | Just as Jos glanced at the incessant downpour and said . |
| 7 | Yesterday , the couple were apart as Diana lunched at the Brazilian embassy , with her close friend Lucia Flecha de Lima , wife of the ambassador to London . |
| 8 | At L.A. County , Rusty built the profile of the museum through big exhibitions … just as Carter did at the National Gallery ’ . |