Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ari held Nathan 's hand as everyone greeted the dawn of the Solstice Day . |
| 2 | Plectra I break as I reach the bottom of the spiral staircase on my way back to my little garret . |
| 3 | As I reach the corner of the building , a head pops out , unsmiling . |
| 4 | I like Mrs Tamm 's silence almost as much as I like the impersonality of my room . |
| 5 | And finally er as I as I make the point in my in my written statement , there are going to be exceptions , exceptions are part of the the game . |
| 6 | White shreds cling to the bristles as I churn the water in frenzy . |
| 7 | I then slowly walked along Fulham Broadway in the complete darkness , as I knew the road past Halford School would be safe with the clergy around . |
| 8 | I knew that voice almost as well as I knew the theme from Doctor Zhivago . |
| 9 | The next morning , as I heard the story from Howard Samuel 's wife , Howard had remarked to her , ‘ Did someone telephone during the night ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 11 | That union supported me as I recruited the whole of the workforce and er , I was then sacked after four weeks ! |
| 12 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 13 | I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me . |
| 14 | Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek . |
| 15 | The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes . |
| 16 | I 'm knackered myself , I thought , as I sniffed the smoke from Sid 's fag . |
| 17 | I felt very humbled as I left the conqueror of Everest and the Sherpa 's most vocal mouthpiece still sipping his tea . |
| 18 | Just as I left the station for the bus stop , the siren went . |
| 19 | As I left the house in Thistle Street , I felt sad , depressed , utterly miserable . |
| 20 | As I left the room at a trot everyone else was still pulling on shorts or even struggling with tightly knotted ties . |
| 21 | ‘ You wo n't like it , it 's spaghetti , ’ I told him as I put the pot on the table and went to fetch the tomato sauce . |
| 22 | As I put the note in my pocket the door swung open and two military policemen came into the bar . |
| 23 | As I pass the door to the front room Rufus is still talking sweetly . |
| 24 | as I rapped the window with my umbrella handle |
| 25 | It felt like my wrist , but could n't have been , and as I reached the surface of consciousness , it was jerked from my hand and I was rocked fully awake by suddenly unburdened bedsprings as my Pop leapt from my bed to stand beside me . |
| 26 | The rain came as I reached the drive of the hotel , set amongst trees , and I ventured along it in search of shelter . |
| 27 | As I reached the edge of the woods and stopped playing , I turned round and waved to Colonel Young . |
| 28 | Dumping the monster hide as I reached the bottom of the shaft , I hurried away along some disused-looking passages , by then moving on bootless , bare and blistered feet . |
| 29 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 30 | As I reached the end of the student union building I looked back and gave a little finger-wiggle . |