Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a dream , she saw him skid to a halt , taking in the scene at once as it must have appeared — his brother bending over his fiancée — and , thought Sarella in dismay , taking in my submissive expression as I stupidly allow this dark monster to maul me . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I pulled the hamstring in my left leg as I picked the ball up to score a try . |
| 3 | I answered her look with as much affection in my own expression as I could muster and added , ‘ But I want to hear , my lady , tawil omrich . |
| 4 | The son of the legendary Derek and himself a former Gloucestershire player , Shackleton also took 5 for 13 to bowl out Cheshire for 80 in their second innings as they lost to Dorset at Dorchester . |
| 5 | Give your answers in their lowest terms as you learnt to do on page 32 . |
| 6 | In a temple courtyard they came unexpectedly upon a troupe of imperial singers and dancers rehearsing a performance ; garbed in dazzling costumes of gold , red , green and turquoise , the expressionless boys and girls were indistinguishable from one another in their close-fitting bonnets as they performed the mannered steps of a delicate oriental dance to the plaintive . |
| 7 | Although that smaller birth cohort , which now constitutes the young elderly , had lower subsequent mortality rates at early ages than their immediate predecessors , the differences between the two have not been sufficient to eliminate the difference in their absolute numbers as they reach statutory retirement-pension age . |
| 8 | They spoke no Indonesian , even less than ourselves , but talked warmly and directly to us in their tribal language as we did to them in gentle English . |
| 9 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 10 | So neither the UK parent nor any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries qualify as small companies in their own right as they are members of an ineligible group . |
| 11 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 12 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 13 | The babies ' dense woolly down is essential in their native Antarctica as they huddle together in freezing temperatures and howling winds . |
| 14 | A quick glance at the steel digital watch on his sinewy wrist and his eyes were washing over her , a hint of malice in their light depths as he dashed her hopes with cruel precision . |
| 15 | Hurt showed clearly in her tawny eyes as she gazed back at him . |
| 16 | Leonora quivered , her teeth caught in her lower lip as he kissed each breast in turn , his lips lingering over their slight curves . |
| 17 | Rae imagined the fear in her sunless face as she scrambled up the rough bark . |
| 18 | She was not feeling in her sunniest humour as she wondered if she was going to have to wait all day tomorrow for her summons , when someone rang her doorbell . |
| 19 | Leith snapped , sparks flashing in her green eyes as she stared hostilely up at him . |
| 20 | She had never responded to any man in her whole life as she did to Felipe . |
| 21 | What I am saying ? she thought wildly , aware of the thumping beat of her heart , the tension in her whole body as she gripped the phone and waited for his curt reply . |
| 22 | There was terror in her white face as she saw this . |
| 23 | ‘ You know , you sure are different from the way I 'd imagined you , ’ she said in her slow drawl as she poured out fresh drinks for them both . |
| 24 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 25 | Salt was making a meal of Jess 's shortcomings and Nancy stared at the new kitchen wench while her mother nodded in her easy-going way as she took off her shawl and recaptured her dropping hairpins . |
| 26 | She could hear the doubt in her own voice as she remembered the gum-chewing , spiky-haired teenager whom she had seen watering the plants . |
| 27 | And , oddly enough , there was a tightness in her own throat as they exchanged their promises of loving and cherishing and , in her case , of obedience . |
| 28 | She was drowning in her own juices as they soaked the sheet . |
| 29 | but , she did say she did this that and the other thing as well you see , but there 's nobody knows anything about the hall in its new state as you do |
| 30 | And the ability of many insects to see the infrared and microwave emanations of particular molecules or of particular plants , for instance , is intriguing in its wider implications as it relates to the overall balance and economy of nature . |