Example sentences of "as [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tables and the chairs , the cups and the spoons , the stains on the wall , the dust on the floor , the ache in my mind — all these things and everything else in sight mercifully receded for whole minutes at a time as my eyes took in the picture of that girl with the black hair , the pale face and the red boots . |
| 2 | As my eyes accustomed to the gloom they began to make out details close by . |
| 3 | But they were undoubtedly a constructive way of bringing labour and capital together to resolve their problems peacefully in an atmosphere of mutual recognition and compromise.For this reason , given that employers and governments were willing to accept that trade unions had a function and that they had come to stay , they appeared to the Labour Department of the Board of Trade as its functions developed in the early years of the twentieth century , to be especially useful in dealing with some of the conflicts between labour and capital in which it increasingly became involved . |
| 4 | The Times was certainly not panicking , as its editorials rattled off the press each after another , priming the fuse of Parliament 's deliberations and heralding the garotters as something that signalled ‘ the failure of sentimental legislation ’ . |
| 5 | The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent , winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind . |
| 6 | She stayed there unseen as her parents chatted to the driver , family friend Keith Morgan . |
| 7 | Bright little creature — it took her just three minutes to work this out as her antennae fluttered in the sudden sweet smelling breeze . |
| 8 | Even so , a little frown of apprehension clouded her face as her thoughts strayed to the hours ahead . |
| 9 | Shivers tingled down the length of her spine , and she could feel herself trembling as her senses reeled beneath the assault of his forceful , raw masculinity . |
| 10 | She grunted as her fingers scrabbled with the cellophane wrapping . |
| 11 | The cat shuddered as her bows bit into the swell . |
| 12 | For a brief moment , as she battled with the last remaining shreds of her resistance , Lindsey could feel the thud of his heartbeat , then excitement exploded , heady and intoxicating , as her hands relaxed against the warmth of his chest . |
| 13 | Then , as her eyes swept over the crowd clustered round the stage , she did a double-take , spotting one figure much larger and more powerful than the rest . |
| 14 | Her mother was the original cockeyed optimist , Jo thought fondly , as her eyes strayed to the window . |
| 15 | To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase . |
| 16 | As her eyes adjusted to the muted light , Isabel saw that the walls had been limed to the height of a man , and that the windows were glazed , shutting off all sounds from outside . |
| 17 | As her eyes adjusted to the darkness she saw that the dungeon was a fairly large open area , the light from the sconce barely reaching the furthest walls . |
| 18 | A fierce , terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand . |
| 19 | However , as their memberships declined in the less favourable atmosphere of the 1990s , they began also to provide ‘ friendly ’ benefits . |
| 20 | We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters . |
| 21 | Liverpool merchants became rich as their ships sailed on the Trade Triangle , with trinkets , slaves and then cotton ( see page 37 ) . |
| 22 | The footbridge section was narrow , but only a couple of feet to his left — within touching distance , in fact — was the steel mesh side of the railway bridge where monsters went battering across , drowning out conversation as their lights flickered through the big crossed support girders . |
| 23 | In 1963 , many producers were having as much difficulty securing screenings for their films as their predecessors had in the early 1920s . |
| 24 | Instead , he promoted a ‘ Disraelian sense of the obligation of local businessmen to exercise leadership in the big cities as their predecessors had in the Victorian heyday ’ ( Parkinson and Duffy , 1984 , p. 81 ) . |
| 25 | They showed , from time to time , a faint suspicious desire to force her to provide her non-existent credentials , but every time , just as their forces gathered for the attack , she would produce out of her hat some new and dazzling boyfriend , all ready to pay tribute to her elusive powers . |
| 26 | Adult greylag geese were more aloof and watched anxiously as their goslings joined in the competition for food . |
| 27 | The company buried their noses in their cloaks as their horses plodded through the hock-deep snow and the wind tore at their hair . |
| 28 | Patrick could see the flash of the club 's shafts above the heads of the spectators and the ‘ Oohs ’ of the crowd as their shots hung above the flag . |
| 29 | As their hands reached across the edge of the stage , he stamped at their fingers . |
| 30 | ‘ Dolphins with bellies slit open thrashed about whistling in distress as their entrails flopped on the concrete . |