Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] came " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 2 | ‘ You think , ’ she began , dabbing at her eyes as she came back with the pad , ‘ you think someone — someone killed my Charlie because he would n't go on — go on doing these jobs for them ? ’ |
| 3 | Movement seemed to bring a bit of life to the woman , who regarded Jenna with rather sad eyes as she came forward uneasily . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |
| 5 | Those little eyes of hers were red and angry , and her chin quivered helplessly above her neck as she came towards me . |
| 6 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 7 | They joined Mercy Chant as she came out of church , and walked together along the road Tess had walked into Emminster . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's left me , ’ said Evans with difficulty , mouthing the words in an exaggerated way as if examining them in disbelief as they came out . |
| 9 | The task was to set up the office , get a system going to deal with the fan mail , gifts and general correspondence , liaise with dress designers and process the requests for patronages as they came in . |
| 10 | He patted the arm of the couch as she came in , but she ignored it , sitting on the floor , and absent-mindedly collecting bits of crushed crisp off the carpet into one hand . |
| 11 | A couple of policemen caught the boat as it came in alongside and steadied it . |
| 12 | Jitka turned and put her fingers to her lips as they came to the main bedroom and they tiptoed passed . |
| 13 | She could hear Jack and Alison modifying the pitch of their voices as they came up the stairs . |
| 14 | Dr Nolan looked deadbeat as he came into the little bedroom at Milltown . |
| 15 | Bobo pursed her lips and began to pant and chomp her jaws in appreciation as it came within reach . |
| 16 | The bloke with the wooden leg made funny noises as he came up the stairs . |
| 17 | He jumped to his feet as I came in . |
| 18 | It did n't taste of anything much , and it did n't hit particularly hard , but then he did n't exactly feel steady on his feet as he came to stand , either . |
| 19 | Erm on the use of existing employment sites , I 'd hate you to go away with the impression that er we were actively seeking to reallocate sites as they came forward , and that certainly is n't the case . |
| 20 | The aircraft were still dropping the canisters as we came near to the dropping zone . |
| 21 | Rob , debonair and well-groomed ; the sunlight through stained glass making a coloured mosaic on the stone floor ; the music swelling as Heather , in ivory lace , arrived on her father 's arm , and Rob turning quickly to look at her , then watching her all the way down the aisle as she came towards him ; the hot prick of tears in Merrill 's eyes at the beautiful solemnity of the ceremony . |
| 22 | She presented it trustfully to her Uncle Alan as he came in , to be mended . |
| 23 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 24 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 25 | Mrs Harper gave Ianthe a piercing look through her pince-nez as she came to take the order . |
| 26 | ‘ Whoa there , lass , ’ said Jake as they came to a halt . |
| 27 | It was serious stuff , this poetry , Leonard 's now suntanned complexion adding to the prophetic tones as he came , Elijah-like , out of his own wilderness experience . |
| 28 | This seems an effort to fit a cult-statue into a building with a sacrificial pit ; and though it was in profile that one saw these statues as one came in or went out , if one looked up as one passed under the beam which hid them , one saw them again , carved in very low relief on its underside , standing frontal and looking down at one : altogether an astonishing conception . |
| 29 | You saw in fact the lady as you came in about the same time as you came in who does that . |
| 30 | Sophia could see the light on in the hall as she came up to Ianthe 's front door , but the front rooms were in darkness . |