Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | It felt , as we struggled up the last , steepest stage of the hillside , that we were swimming in the white light of the sun . |
| 8 | But as we went up the first steep hill we quickly worked up a healthy sweat and removed our fleece jackets . |
| 9 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 10 | As they drove out the next funeral cortège was coming up the drive . |
| 11 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |