Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
2 | I could n't see anything from road level because of the hedgerow but as I started up the second switch of the hill , I noticed an Escort estate car parked on the left opposite the police barrier . |
3 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |
4 | That 's quite an advantage , you 'll be more than satisfied to discover , as you search out the last parking spot at the charity ball . |
5 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
6 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
7 | I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’ |
8 | It felt , as we struggled up the last , steepest stage of the hillside , that we were swimming in the white light of the sun . |
9 | But as we went up the first steep hill we quickly worked up a healthy sweat and removed our fleece jackets . |
10 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
11 | As they drove out the next funeral cortège was coming up the drive . |
12 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
13 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
14 | Once Tam darted a terrified glance over his shoulder and saw Kim sprawled across the writing-table ; white faced and trembling from head to toe , he had his eyes closed and his fists were clenched tight as he summoned up every last ounce of courage in his eleven-year-old body to endure his father 's beating without weeping or crying out . |
15 | As he strode down the 18th in the morning alongside Parry , the pair looking like the leaders of the Lilliput Open , he appeared every inch of his 64 ( to Parry 's 66 ) a champion . |
16 | ‘ More bloody stale bread and cheese , ’ said Tommy morosely , but Charlie was far too hungry to complain as he scooped up every last crumb with a wet finger . |
17 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |