Example sentences of "as [pron] had [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 2 | Just as I had fired up the cooker the cat rod that had caused me all the grief earlier was off again . |
| 3 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 4 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 5 | One of Bri 's great loves , literature , became a nightmare for him as he had to defend even the most off-hand comment . |
| 6 | The day had been rainy and wet so Barrymore saw the prints left by Sir Charles ' shoes as he had walked down the Alley . |