Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I handed them the keys to their new home it was like unlocking the door to their future happiness . ’ |
| 2 | As I handed him a glass of rum , I noticed that his eyes were full of tears . |
| 3 | But as I handed him the money the room grew quiet again . |
| 4 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 5 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 6 | As she passed it a car swung through the big yellow gates ; a cream-coloured car driven by a girl of about Breeze 's own age , or perhaps older . |
| 7 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 8 | Although even as she said it the thought rushed through her mind that that was exactly what she was doing now . |
| 9 | As she showed him the barn , they began to talk of the forest . |
| 10 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 11 | As she handed him the cup of tea her tone changed : ‘ Not that I 'm against joking , but everything in its place ; when I 'm here with Aunt Lizzie , we chaff each other , but … but not all the time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 13 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 14 | ‘ Everything 's fine , my darling , ’ she whispered , giving Constance a little pat as she handed her the telephone . |
| 15 | Richard hugged her as she gave him the keys . |
| 16 | As we examined it the man from behind the desk appeared soundlessly at our side . |
| 17 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 18 | All the girls helped her to get the fire going , spread the tablecloth , put out the cups and plates , laughing and whispering and bustling about as they showed her the places and secrets of the kitchen , the room that was now her room . |
| 19 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |
| 20 | On the lower rung of legal self-determination the grant of customary franchises might be in a lord 's interests , for it could secure his revenues in perpetuity , even as it barred him the chance of arbitrary exaction ; besides , an early concession might prevent more explosive demands later . |
| 21 | For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ . |
| 22 | Wexford brought his beer and as he passed them the man got up as if to take his leave . |
| 23 | ‘ I see you 're taking this job extremely seriously , ’ Leo offered sympathetically as he brought her a cup of coffee halfway through the afternoon . |
| 24 | Almost as he said it a parachute inflated under the plane . |
| 25 | The spirit of Homais still reigns , I thought , as he sold us a packet of bandages . |
| 26 | She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile . |
| 27 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 28 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 29 | ‘ Please do n't cross the white line , ’ Kragan warned Frick as he handed him a set of noise excluders . |
| 30 | She thanked him , subdued , as he handed her a pair of stretch-towelling socks . |