Example sentences of "as the [noun] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gusts of rain and snow flurried through the opened door as the shape scrabbled on the floor . |
| 2 | As the storm broke over the High Street and a great fork of raw energy stabbed downwards , it struck the very tip of the copper spire of the Old College . |
| 3 | But as the lane turned into the metalled road , and Vitor remained mute , she cast him a glance . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I thought it was a pigeon , but as the feathers went past the window I realised it was something else . ’ |
| 5 | Outside , in the clear day , as the couple stood beneath the bell rope , a small box of confetti was thrown . |
| 6 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 7 | There we all were , as the Clansman sped through the Cumbrian countryside and on into bonnie Scotland , all ignoring each other . |
| 8 | The fingers clenched jerkily as the arms flailed at the sides of the grave , tossing dirt aside in an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth . |
| 9 | There was initial disappointment as the Quakers slipped into the GM Vauxhall Conference , but then the fortunes of the club enjoyed a dramatic upturn . |
| 10 | Warming up by straight-driving Rajesh Chauhan for four , he then took 12 from one over from the off-spinner — an off-drive , a full-blooded swing over midwicket and a dismissive pull as the bowler wilted under the assault . |
| 11 | As the factors associated with the presence of these hypersensitive sites are not limiting , recent advances in in vitro footprinting ( 61 ) should permit the dissection of which particular proteins are binding to the DH site sequences indicated in this work . |
| 12 | Police were attacked and one vehicle was set on fire and others overturned , as the demonstrators marched on the local government offices chanting " Down with corruption ! " . |
| 13 | ‘ I noticed , ’ she said , reaching out to touch him — and pulling away as if she had been stung as the telephone rang inside the house . |
| 14 | Here they were steam tested and carriage heaters changed as required and main pipe leaks marked up for attention as the vehicle passed through the lifting shop . |
| 15 | As the door dosed behind the routed Fiona , Celia thought she glimpsed the worried , ageing woman behind Georgina 's facade of gruff competence . |
| 16 | As the door closed behind the girl , Emily somehow felt that she had been bested . |
| 17 | Hari sighed in relief as the door closed behind the men . |
| 18 | As the door closed behind the Inspector the atmosphere lightened . |
| 19 | ‘ Dad — I had to come , ’ Harriet said as the door closed after the secretary . |
| 20 | Straight up , as the Minister said to the actress . |
| 21 | Tabitha watched in diminishing triumph and mounting dismay as the Perk fell through the smoky air and struck one of the huge statues directly on the head . |
| 22 | But when rain does fall , then the desert blooms and the parched earth sings , as the shepherd-boys sang in the Psalms . |
| 23 | As the submarine nosed around the island 's waters for three days , often making one and a half knots or less , there were a number of unanswered questions . |
| 24 | As the girl disappeared through the door , Mr Beckenham seized Pigdon 's arm and turned to confront his wife . |
| 25 | At the end of the first circuit Brown Chamberlin , who had been jumping sketchily , was pulled up , and as the field came past the stands and swung away into the country again Bregawn kept up his gallop . |
| 26 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 27 | ‘ Why here we are all mustarded ’ , as the roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit ’ ; ‘ ‘ Off with a whisk ’ , as the butcher said to the flies ’ ; ‘ ‘ When a man is ashamed to show the front of his face let him turn round and show the back of it ’ , as the turnstile said to the weather-cock . ’ |
| 28 | It was , as The Times observed in the following year , a sorry fact that there was ‘ a vague dread of a wholesome birching ’ and that nowadays ‘ the father of a scapegrace ’ no longer saw fit to ‘ save his son from the taint of gaol by loyally and soundly whipping him ’ . |
| 29 | As the Elves returned to the Old World in strength , trade between the two realms grew once more . |
| 30 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |