Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum stepped forward as more smoke billowed across the laboratory , circling around the faces of pupils , master and visiting religious maniacs . |
| 2 | So I kept my mouth shut even as her hands lathered me in the colour of dirt . |
| 3 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 4 | My brother went my brother went yesterday as well . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh Syl , ’ my mother said effusively as he laid the oblong package on the drawing-room table . |
| 6 | She thought of St Lucia , of the dark tropical evenings with their different heady mix of spicy perfumes carried on the trade winds , and her heart ached unbearably as she followed the winding country lanes to the small , bumpy track marked ‘ Private Road ’ . |
| 7 | Her heart thudded painfully as he leaned over the high beige bench top that bordered this part of the nurses ' station and spoke absently to Deana . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it is , ’ she said suddenly , and her heart beat fast as she felt the hatred burn in her eyes , directly at him , her mouth a tight line , her body rigid with anger . |
| 9 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 10 | Her skin tingled and her heart thumped wildly as he moved closer . |
| 11 | But her guard slipped briefly as she walked back to her limousine after an official visit in London . |
| 12 | Her spinesheath buzzed slightly as the bioservos went along with her nerve impulses . |
| 13 | We gave her salt tablets and two of her own pills ; her head wobbled loosely as she swallowed . |
| 14 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 15 | Lucy refused to take offence , yet her chin rose slightly as she spoke with a smile . |
| 16 | The cream lace of her dress rustled softly as she moved towards him , the pearl and diamond earrings he had bought her gleaming against the dark honey tone of her neck . |
| 17 | Her voice tailed away as with a seemingly effortless movement he found his feet , and bounded across the short distance to block her passage . |
| 18 | Her voice died away as Karl benignly shook his head . |
| 19 | ‘ 'T IS only a splinter … ’ she began , but her voice died away as the soldier moved swiftly towards her . |
| 20 | Her voice died away as she resisted the urge to cross herself against the lie . |
| 21 | Her voice died away as she glanced anxiously out of the unshuttered window . |
| 22 | Her voice trailed away as she saw that Laura had come to an abrupt halt beside her . |
| 23 | Her voice trailed away as she realised , from the other woman 's beaming smile of relief , that she 'd inadvertently given her hostess quite the wrong impression . |
| 24 | Having made their name as the most mischievous men in pop , their audience watched uneasily as Madness turned down the corners of their mouths . |
| 25 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 26 | Her hand trembled slightly as she place it on her father 's arm , but when she heard the traditional strains of music announcing her arrival , and saw Silas looking extremely handsome as he waited at the end of the aisle , her nervousness fled . |
| 27 | She was unprepared for it and her nervousness increased tenfold as she bustled about to get his tea . |
| 28 | Her lip lifted slightly as she replied , ‘ I will not take anything from you ! |
| 29 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 30 | A GIRL was critically ill last night after her mother walked away as she fell into the River Thames . |