Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only hung around as long as I did thinking Maggie might come and see me , which she did , ’ Charlie replied . |
| 2 | Avoiding their curious glances , she walked round to the hardware section and tried to shut her ears to the whispered conversations that suddenly broke out as soon as she was out of sight . |
| 3 | She only looked up as Felipe reined in beside her . |
| 4 | and er , it was thirty six pound , but she knocked another three pound off cos there was a little mark on the front which just sponged off as soon as I got home . |
| 5 | She just toppled over as I touched her . |
| 6 | Despite this inconclusive beginning , the evening soon livened up as guests swooped down like scenic railway trains on the trays of grilled prawns and champagne . |
| 7 | The newspaper-reading public — and the television audience of some 40 million who had never before been treated to live pictures from the Californian coast — revelled in the pictures of Gromyko and his polish and Czech ‘ wrecking crew ’ ( as John Foster Dulles put it ) who complained , harangued , sulked and finally walked out as amendment after amendment was defeated by the other conferees . |
| 8 | We were handed Turkish delights across the ward , and were read to and generally watched over as , I should think , the chief wife watched over the ladies of the harem . |
| 9 | He scarcely looked up as Melanie came in . |
| 10 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 11 | The rumbling of conversation gradually died down as DI Frank Gregson got to his feet . |
| 12 | She hardly looked up as we entered but continued to stir the huge , black pot which hung above the flames , now and again throwing in a scattering of herbs and the occasional piece of raw , fatty meat . |
| 13 | Out of the seven Africans who now took over as Ministers , all except one were Cpp members : the odd man out was J.A . |
| 14 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 15 | Martha , whose head was as strong as her sister 's , sometimes climbed up as well , and , clinging on about a foot lower down , read aloud from a horror comic . |
| 16 | Corbett expected the Pictish village to be hidden and secretive but suddenly the trees thinned , the sunlight glimmered then poured through as they abruptly left the canopy of trees and entered a large clearing . |
| 17 | The old farmer looked at me in surprise , then glanced around as though he had just noticed the weather . |
| 18 | It never quite worked out as Lenin planned , but his strategy was inherited by Communists after him . |
| 19 | He then strode off as Damien turned , his eyes red with weeping , his white face now puffy . |
| 20 | Ace stepped back , and almost fell over as the pod shuddered . |
| 21 | Beverley keeps her feelings tightly reined in as she talks . |
| 22 | Not even thinking to stop , Jack dashed through and then whirled round as someone yelled out , ‘ You ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Nothing , ’ she said then looked up as Doyle returned with her bourbon . |
| 24 | Sophie heaved a long sigh , then looked up as Helen came back to the table , her face drawn and anxious . |
| 25 | TWO MEN were detained yesterday after gunmen wounded three taxi drivers in the centre of Belfast then sped off as police gave chase . |
| 26 | They said one Pakistani soldier , five of his countrymen and three Americans were injured in the three-hour clash , the worst since the weekend killing of seven Nigerian troops trapped by a mob and then gunned down as they tried to flee . |
| 27 | She almost cried out as his mouth traced a path of fervid heat across her cheek . |
| 28 | Then he heaved in a breath that must have gone right down to his toes , and his whole body arched and stiffened , and then relaxed on as prolonged an exhalation . |
| 29 | Hearing voices approach down the hall , she threw the paper and envelope into the fire , and then stood up as Senga reappeared , leading a tall serious-faced young man . |
| 30 | He leaned forward with a sudden movement , politely offered round cigarettes and cigars , and then sat back as though retiring from the proceedings to his usual position of observer . |