Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her ‘ tubular ’ voice production has the merit of keeping the voice steady , and it sometimes rivets attention , especially when she takes a high note with an especially clean attack as she does in the love music of Act 1 . |
| 2 | When the female settles on her eggs , the male brings lumps of soil , moistened with his saliva , as she sits in the hole . |
| 3 | However , I can give my hon. Friend the undertaking that as long as she remains in the House such research will not be the Cinderella of the health service . |
| 4 | Portia has control over her men because of her power and beauty , and even over the whole judicial system , as she proves towards the end of the play . |
| 5 | As she goes into the election , she will be helped by the stronger economy . |
| 6 | This gives you a head start , and if you are sensitive to her changing needs as she goes through the grief experience you will learn your role and recognise your cues as you go along . |
| 7 | She is offered a lift by a Black man , and as she gazes at the countryside slipping by , she reminisces about her childhood . |
| 8 | ‘ About 30,000 fans will see her as she travels around the country . |
| 9 | Sadat lights a cigarette , with the engine still running , and watches the earnest set of Kate ’ s back as she talks through the gates to the guard just inside . |
| 10 | The Duchess of York waves to residents as she arrives at the Bedford Drive homes in Rock Ferry , and right , chatting to Mark Kinsley Picture : JASON ROBERTS |
| 11 | It is clearly inappropriate to involve Julie in a prolonged conversation as soon as she arrives on the ward . |
| 12 | Now , as she romps in the garden of their Georgian home in Grayswood , Surrey , this energetic nine-year-old is just as much a part of the Nicholson family as Mike 's wife Diana , 50 , and his two grown sons Tom , 20 and William , 19 . |
| 13 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
| 14 | He greets an old woman as she peers through the window of Patel 's newsagent shop . |
| 15 | We follow her as she continues towards the Odeon Leicester Square . |
| 16 | As she flies through the dark , or gallops on the horse of night , she is using different skills from those of our daytime world . |
| 17 | Robyn turns the ignition key , holding her breath as she listens to the starter 's bronchial wheeze , then exhales with relief as the engine fires . ) |
| 18 | As she searches for the killer of a diamond merchant , Melanie falls for the rabbi 's son , played by flashing-eyed newcomer Eric Thal . |
| 19 | Greg smashes his guitar , shoulder-barges the others , lurches suggestively over his co-singer , Paula Kelley , as she squats on the floor screaming her lungs out , leads an inspired , funny and very , very noisy version of ‘ Fight For Your Right To Party ’ , and finally stage-dives into the crush of pissed students who 've spent the evening trying to steal his microphone . |
| 20 | THOROUGHLY MODEST MRS : Fergie covers up as she heads for the pool |
| 21 | Referring to them as she detracts from the clarity of my work , since the reader is brought up short by the unfamiliar , inappropriate form . |
| 22 | One of the most beautiful uses of pas de bourrée courus is when Ashton places his danseuse in her partner 's arms as she floats over the surface of the floor as if in a dream like ecstasy . |
| 23 | The tears are thought to be caused by her pain as she looks at the sins of the world , and are meant to inspire the watchers to repent and to set an example to others . |
| 24 | Dido 's sobbing for her old lover even as she lies in the arms of her new one — this melancholy , which Virgil , and following him Hardy , responded to with such sympathy , is for Pound deathly , it precludes the genuinely ‘ new ’ , which he urgently wants to find and to celebrate . |
| 25 | MODEL Paula Hamilton puts a long leg forward as she strides across the catwalk in stunning fashion . |
| 26 | The silver water shatters under her feet , the child bounces as he rides on her breast , and she no longer hears Sycorax , only the pulse of the sea as it breaks in frills on the smooth and shiny sand , the splash of her stride and the drumming of her heart as she makes for the forest to the north , her back turned to the bay where the English ship rides at anchor , where the sea battle will take place . |
| 27 | As she moves through the alphabet , so her sales get stronger . |
| 28 | Patterns emerge of circles within circles as she moves around the stage but although one admires the almost casually loose-limbed nature of her dance there are times when the images begin to blur and attention is apt to wander . |
| 29 | We shall say more of this in another chapter , but Eileen Vincent emphasises this idea of the need to move on as she reflects on the church planting ministry : |
| 30 | Her next test will be in the UK championships in Sheffield on June 6 as she prepares for the defence of her English Schools title at Hull on July 10/11 . |