Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia said demurely as Roman carried her into the bedroom . |
| 2 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 3 | Jimmy with the gun on Rohmer , as Cardiff held him against the corridor wall . |
| 4 | The web tangled and clung mawkishly around her reasoning as Fernando lowered her to the bed . |
| 5 | Her head began to throb but it eased as Fernando guided her through the crowds to small , quieter side-streets away from the harbour . |
| 6 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 7 | By the late 1980s the CPSU itself accepted , as Gorbachev put it to the 27th Party Congress , that no single party could have a ‘ monopoly of truth ’ and that the movement as a whole would not normally be unanimous on all the issues it confronted . |
| 8 | He jumped as Heg tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 9 | As Ronni chose one by the nearest window , he repeated his question . |
| 10 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 11 | He woke as Pete heaved himself from the bunk . |
| 12 | Edward was much more confused than Maurice and needed all the help he was getting as Maurice manhandled him to the top of the ladder . |
| 13 | The music is lost , but Cavalieri 's contemporaries agree that it was he who , as Peri put it in the preface to his Euridice ( 1600 ) , ‘ before anyone else made our music ’ ( i.e. the ‘ nuova maniera di canto ’ ) ‘ heard on the stage ’ . |
| 14 | There was no need for words between them , no post-mortem , as Rune relieved her of the burden of his weight , drawing her to him , pulling her dark head down on his strong golden shoulder agleam with the sparkling moisture of his sweet , clean sweat . |
| 15 | Sternly she dragged her thoughts and reactions under control , as Rune guided her through the crowded room towards the exit . |
| 16 | Tony was cowering away , shaking as Damian held him by the lapels of his shirt . |
| 17 | As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’ |
| 18 | Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself . |
| 19 | As Leonard expressed it in the poem which — in title and texture counterbalances the title of the book : |
| 20 | She straightened up , thick lashes veiling her expression as Jill followed her into the room . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's … it 's simply lovely , ’ Laura murmured as Carole showed them around the cottage . |
| 22 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 23 | ‘ Learn anything ? ’ asked his driver , as Spruce eased himself into the Datsun . |
| 24 | Discussing Mr Cottle as Stanley drove them to the auction , Emily said : ‘ He was here when Rose … ’ |
| 25 | A small smile curving her mouth , Isabel nestled trustingly against him as Guy carried her to the bed . |
| 26 | Before , he had always been rather frightening but now he looked pathetic with his tear-stained cheeks , grieving eyes and red gaping mouth which could only make gurgling sounds as Benjamin took him by the hand and tried to convey his condolences . |
| 27 | Billy 's eyes shone as Yanto told him about the bike . |
| 28 | As Palmerston put it in the mid-19th century , ministers , especially the Prime Minister , must be able to defend themselves in Parliament daily , ‘ and in order to do this they must be minutely acquainted with all the details of the business of their offices , and the only way of being constantly armed with such information is to conduct and direct those details themselves ’ . |
| 29 | Time meant nothing then when kiss after kiss they shared , and , as Naylor pressed her to the mattress , Leith pressed closer to him . |
| 30 | Louis did not at all resemble Dahl 's amiable dream dispenser as Preston remembered him from the twins ' illustrated paperback . |