Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defeat — and yet not truly defeat , Maria realised as she felt Luke 's response . |
| 2 | Bernard asked as they walked back to the bar room . |
| 3 | Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased . |
| 4 | Devlin asked as they went down . |
| 5 | Whitlock asked as he helped her to her feet . |
| 6 | Whitlock asked as he looked over the railing at the water fifty feet below him . |
| 7 | Patrick asked as they drew level with the old man . |
| 8 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 9 | Souness believes the sell-out Anfield crowd could make Spartak Moscow crumble as he bids to recover a 4–2 Cup Winners ' Cup deficit . |
| 10 | Mistress Philippa rose as they entered . |
| 11 | ‘ All right , all right , ’ John Williamson grumbled as he made his way to the table and sat down . |
| 12 | Roman winced as he took in her fragile appearance , and Claudia , on her part , wondered why he did n't look either well or happy , while Dana was positively blooming . |
| 13 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 14 | ‘ Toff indeed , ’ they heard Biff mutter as they filed past into the mill . |
| 15 | Donna left the hazard lights of the Volvo flashing as she hurried up the steps towards the main entrance of the Dublin National Gallery . |
| 16 | Meredith asked as she took the cup . |
| 17 | ‘ Nature takes delight in Nature , ’ Edward whispered as we turned ; then , a little louder , ‘ Nature contains Nature ’ ; and shouting then as though the triumph of the hour was entirely his : ‘ And Nature can overcome Nature . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You will fix this house , Um Yusef ? ’ the Sheikha asked as we sat in the family majlis , the small children tumbling over her lap like puppies , pushing themselves up for kisses , or simply basking on the warmth of her body . |
| 19 | She made herself as comfortable as she could , listening to the sounds Travis made as he zipped himself into the sleeping-bag and made himself comfortable . |
| 20 | It was to these that Frankie clung as he inched his way upward , making tortuously slow progress away from the slippery edges of the beck . |
| 21 | Philpott asked as he tapped the dottle from his pipe into the ashtray beside him . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
| 23 | ‘ I was beginning to think you pair were dancing for the duration , ’ Andy joked as he shook hands with Maggie . |
| 24 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |
| 25 | It had been a slip on Doreen 's part , Lucy recalled as she found herself wondering what the situation had been with Clive . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , that 's in the past , ’ David murmured as he cuddled her . |
| 27 | A strangely-deserted sidewalk , Rex noted as he leapt out of the cab and stalked over to the fallen driver . |
| 28 | Travis frowned as he handed her a mug of soup . |
| 29 | ‘ Steep hill this , ’ Nevil commented as they trudged upwards . |
| 30 | Sue sighed as she regulated the dial for the toast . |