Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the buzz or the haze receded , and as I chewed the last tasteless fragment of sandwiched thermoplastic , I steadied myself by counting the melamine tables and counting the chairs and counting the customers and counting the sticky sauce bottles and the dome-shaped salt cellars and the cups , the plates , the cutlery , the ashtrays , anything in sight . |
| 2 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 3 | But she was thinking hard all the time , and as she chased the last milky drops round her saucer she went on dreamily : ‘ I wonder what will happen to us all . |
| 4 | Now , I did eventually get my father to tell me this ; and , according to him , it was just as he choked the last struggling life out of the dog that he heard another scream , this time from above , and inside the house , and that was the boy they called Paul being born . |
| 5 | His chuckle was rich , and his eyes creased in amusement as he narrowed the last little gap between them . |
| 6 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |