Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] one [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 2 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 3 | And weigh those matters up in your mind as you hear one evidence after the other . |
| 4 | As you walked one day in the temple |
| 5 | Soon as you understand one part of what it means , you lose any chance of understanding the rest . ’ |
| 6 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
| 7 | She 'd rifled through the contents of her wardrobe twice , groaning disgustedly as she discounted one garment after another . |
| 8 | But Garvey had his back to Izzie and it seemed she might escape unseen , as she set one foot on the bottom rung of the ladder to Heaven . |
| 9 | He found himself looking round for Slater as she put one hand on the mantelpiece and slipped her shoe back on , fastening the strap again . |
| 10 | As we took one house in the queue would form again . |
| 11 | As they pitched one client after another , the dealers surrounding them would cheer , shouting " Go . |
| 12 | It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms . |
| 13 | As writer of a weekly newspaper column , he was allowed his own room in hotels , and from the corridor could be heard above the typewriter coughing away as he smoked one cigarette after another . |
| 14 | His eyes were still on her , as he kept one hand on the tiller and the other controlling the sail . |
| 15 | She would inevitably interpret it as some kind of macho statement about the fact that even as he entertained one woman in his flat , another was on her way upstairs with … what on her mind ? |
| 16 | He was pushing her skirt up , sweat on his tanned forehead as he slid one hand underneath her , cupping her rear while his mouth claimed hers hungrily . |
| 17 | Doyle 's eyes narrowed and as he put one hand to his face the other slid dangerously to his jacket pocket . |