Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill . |
| 2 | Downes almost snarled his reluctant ‘ Yes ’ ; and listened , mouth agape with incredulity , as Morse beckoned over to the two detective-constables from the second police car . |
| 3 | As Jezrael slipped warily into the waiting tapestry of neon , stone and shadow , Zuleika said , inaudibly , ‘ In the Southern Cross ship on her way to Earth , dummy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Walberswick is a beautiful village , ’ Paula said as Newman drove slowly down The Street under the arched trees . |
| 5 | He winked at Shannon , then closed the door behind him as Marianne turned angrily from the mirror . |
| 6 | Shelley called , as Victoria walked daintily to the door . |
| 7 | As Kelly walked thoughtfully towards the car park after the last race , Cy joined her . |
| 8 | Jimmy was able to stand unassisted now as Cardiff turned back to the girl . |
| 9 | He was already advancing up the truck as Ward slithered down onto the flat surface of it . |
| 10 | A fresh squall tore the rainwater off the road surface , cascading it down so that they were riding in the inside of a waterfall as Trent powered onward in the lee of the embankment . |
| 11 | THE report , Stevie explained as Patrick drove away from the station , had come through the British Embassy in Bucharest . |
| 12 | Mrs Wallington 's tight face relaxed a little as David leaned forward over the criss-crossed string that her hands held taut between them . |
| 13 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 14 | As Ellen scurried out of the room like a frightened mouse , Ruth sat down again . |
| 15 | A great cheer when up as Ann broke away from the crowd and went after Harry , but she hardly heard it . |
| 16 | As Therese walked forward towards the stage steps the silk coat swung out around her , catching the light , drawing attention to her legs . |
| 17 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 18 | As Richard stood up in the boat , he could be seen to hesitate , not about what he wanted to do , but about procedures . |
| 19 | As Alcuin looked back from the high days of his own collaboration with Charlemagne , which also involved his many pupils who became bishops and abbots , he obviously saw a model of this relationship at the York of his younger days , when Eadbert ruled Northumbria while his brother Egbert was archbishop of York and built up the cathedral library . |
| 20 | As Penny went over to the drinks table the headmaster was in full spate . |
| 21 | As Mazur got closer to the big players in the Colombian drug world , one name began to come up more and more often : that of BCCI . |
| 22 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
| 23 | But as Orton pointed out in the diary , as usual nothing came of it — not even after telling a man who tried to get in their way to ‘ piss off ’ . |
| 24 | Below , a door opened and there was a brief swell in the volume of conversation and laughter as Gerard stepped out into the hall . |
| 25 | Shiona glanced round , startled out of her reverie , as Jake appeared suddenly in the doorway of the breakfast-room . |
| 26 | But as Ruth came out of the basement , all she was struck by , quite irrelevantly , was his likeness to Jake ; for an instant she almost thought it was Jake , standing there . |
| 27 | A moment later she almost fainted as Ross walked calmly into the room . |
| 28 | He grins defiantly as Eva sweeps in through the door . |
| 29 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
| 30 | Caswell let Theda go and whirled about as Benedict strode forward into the room . |