Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both started to laugh as I had the last few words on the subject . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I know this to my cost as I spent the next few days discovering which Stain Devil cleaning stick was needed to remove most of my portion from Sunil 's white bathroom carpet . |
| 4 | Bernice shivered inside her coat as she ran the last few feet to the stones . |
| 5 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She lay back , her body rigid , as she reviewed the last few catastrophic days of her life . |
| 8 | A weird island , they found as they walked the last half mile — after leaving the Mercedes in a car park with Dillon seated in the rear . |
| 9 | Madeleine was still very young , Harry told himself as they drove the next ten miles in silence . |
| 10 | India 's fortunes changed dramatically as they won the next two Tests by large margins ; the third by 222 runs ( Chandrasekhar distinguishing himself with 6 for 52 in each innings with the ball and 0 in each innings with the bat ) , and the fourth by an innings and two runs . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He looked briefly at his son as he said the last few words , conscious that the boy was watching everything . |
| 13 | His chuckle was rich , and his eyes creased in amusement as he narrowed the last little gap between them . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Chris Broad looked set for a good knock as he crashed the first four of the day … but Gloucestershire then got themselves into trouble against the bowling of Gordon Harris … |
| 16 | It appeared just as impregnable yesterday as he survived the first two sets without being broken . |