Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He looked up as someone rattled at the front door of the shop ; irritably he waved them away . |
2 | Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door . |
3 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
4 | ‘ As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers ! |
5 | I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me . |
6 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
7 | As I said at the Conservative party conference , I want to make it clear that our policy is colour blind . |
8 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
9 | ‘ As I look at the shabby , commercialised and demoralised society in which I write I am more convinced than ever that the political analysis on which I was brought up was right . |
10 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
11 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
12 | In other words , friends at the school and the idea , as you said at the very beginning of your paper , is to report without any kind of erm censorship or judgment . |
13 | As you look at the above diagram of the learning cycle you may well be saying to yourself ‘ Is that all there is to it ? |
14 | As you look at the fine architecture of this cell , keep in mind the fact that all that complexity is repeated 125 million times in each retina . |
15 | Crawling a little closer to the heat , she wrapped herself up and lay down , pillowing her head on her arm as she stared at the flickering flames . |
16 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
17 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |
18 | Caroline 's voice was an appalled croak as she stared at the new arrival . |
19 | ‘ Our King John ? ’ she asked in surprise as she stared at the ruined fort that overlooked the lough . |
20 | As she waited at the only traffic lights in the main street , her attention was caught as a man came out from a hardware shop . |
21 | Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches . |
22 | Her deeply lined face was creased into a smile as she gazed at the tiny ear in her hand . |
23 | As she stiffened at the implied doubt Michele rasped , ‘ I must congratulate you . ’ |
24 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
25 | As she looked at the tiny bundle she said drily : ‘ Thank goodness he has n't got ears like his father . ’ |
26 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |
27 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
28 | Jessamy allowed her voice to become deliberately sympathetic as she looked at the older woman . |
29 | Clearly he had not been content to wait , and as she looked at the hard , handsome face she knew he was furiously angry , only good manners holding back the words that were obviously uppermost in his mind . |
30 | As she looked at the soft golden panelling , more of which emerged every day , the pleasure of her victory washed over Sara anew . |