Example sentences of "as [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | My breath rasped in my throat , and a slight light-headedness I had started to feel owing to hyperoxygenating earlier waned as my muscles took up the slack of the extra power in my blood . |
2 | I palpated the abdomen with a grim certainty as to what I would find and there was no surprise , only a dull sadness as my fingers closed around a hard lobulated mass deep among the viscera . |
3 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
4 | The sun was showing a different sheen as its beams passed over a stretch of the stone floor . |
5 | Madeleine started adding up again , nodding her head as her eyes strayed down the page , moving her lips . |
6 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |