Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gunga drove off over the bridge as I looked around for a suitable spot to get some practice in . |
| 2 | They 've been driving me mad ever since I moved in , but as soon as I come out with a gun they all disappear . |
| 3 | I got an elbow in the face as I went up for a header and I remember putting my head down and running straight into Bull 's back . |
| 4 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 5 | You 're very fortunate , as I pointed out to a group yesterday . |
| 6 | The bike 's many gears , light frame and thinnish tyres also make it highly suitable for cycle touring , as I found out on a weekend 's cycling trip in Normandy . |
| 7 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 8 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
| 9 | So as you come up to a roundabout , you 're thinking of the exit or exits . |
| 10 | The cool of the garden greeted you as you went in with a breath as welcome as that of the north wind at the top of a house during the season of akhet . |
| 11 | Hold on to this tension for a slow count to five , then let your feet relax and become limp as you breathe out with a sigh . |
| 12 | Now let go of the tension as you breathe out with a sigh of relief . |
| 13 | You will soon learn how it behaves in the pan , but if agonising doubts gather as you gaze down upon a yellow heavy flake , pick up a stone and crush the flake . |
| 14 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |
| 15 | Wearing a check two-piece suit and sporting a poppy on her lapel , the duchess smiled broadly as she stepped on to a red carpet . |
| 16 | As she lay back with a plump cushion provided by her brother beneath her lower legs , she cocked her head to one side and studied Belinda , nodding in approval . |
| 17 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 18 | As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another . |
| 19 | She says a woman on an earlier expedition had snow blindness and as soon as she came down to a lower altitude , she was put on a drip and recovered in a few days . |
| 20 | Mark 's wishes could n't have been better fulfilled as she ended up in a small tourist camp in Kanha National Park . |
| 21 | She turned in , then felt her nerves flutter as she drew up before a timber-built single-storeyed house which was backed by several small chalet-type huts , while behind them were numerous sheds . |
| 22 | You 're not overtaking again ? ’ he protested , as she drew out beyond a cattle lorry . |
| 23 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 24 | I asked the same of Benjamin as we walked out of a postern gate of St Bartholomew 's back towards the river , but my master was only half-listening . |
| 25 | I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust . |
| 26 | Yes just before we leave however the question of what occur in my mind how you 're going to get from the present position in what appears to be a cost plus basis as we go along to a fixed cost basis and presumably the programme and I in in , are running as it were , are running effectively on the cost plus basis |
| 27 | The French are just laughing at us as we stumble around in a fog . ’ |
| 28 | On a beat , that is with the sheet pulled in tightly but as we turn on to a ridge you 'll see that we have to ease the sheet out so that the sail stays at the same angle for the wind . |
| 29 | As we pointed out in a tailpiece to this chapter in the first edition , the CNAA announced in June 1979 a modification of validation procedures for public sector institutions offering its courses . |
| 30 | All of a sudden , Alfred strike one karate pose there and leap one leap on the front man , knocking him down , grabbed his machine gun and with two more leaps he was past them and through us as we open up like a black red sea and close again . |