Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I passed one just as I was coming out of Blakemere . ’ |
| 2 | Well I noticed it soon as I got to there . |
| 3 | However , as I had promised attacking football , I named them all as forwards . |
| 4 | I waved him away as Karen thoughtfully tucked me in and zipped me up . |
| 5 | I called you yesterday as requested but could n't get past your automatic switchboard . |
| 6 | I knew him well as he was a collector . |
| 7 | I reached her just as she was about to hoist herself out . |
| 8 | It is not surprise therefore , that I heard the story there and I related it exactly as I remember hearing it . |
| 9 | I kicked him aside as the dream faded . |
| 10 | I struggled with the whole thing the night before Christmas and the whole of Christmas Day , and finally I realised then that I wanted you just as you were . |
| 11 | They say that 30 years ago everyone recognised it instantly as belonging to the late of Orwell Lodge ( 's step great-grandmother ) . |
| 12 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 13 | or though you could just like , if you got something for say ten ninety nine and it was fifteen pounds and you got something else as well |
| 14 | She checked herself so as not to rush and then advanced over-slowly , first took up the bottle of rum , poured a glass , then picked up a guinea , seemed , he thought ( and smiled ) to test it , pocketed it , brought him the rum . |
| 15 | How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open . |
| 16 | Secondly , we must recall that the mental conflicts which I am identifying as the origins of human society and civilized behaviour — essentially those portrayed in the story of Oedipus — were as intensely painful and unpleasurable to those who experienced them then as they are to those who experience them in our own times . |
| 17 | He mattered to Shelley very much — as a doctor and as a person , and she could n't bear to think of him losing that precious heart to this young girl , who regarded him just as someone to pay her bills . |
| 18 | Do n't be a fool , she scolded herself silently as Michele led the way down the echoing tunnel to a fancy wrought-iron gate at the far end . |
| 19 | She used it now as she said , ‘ It 's so sweet of Susan to spare you tonight . |
| 20 | Apparently , she had been taken in by the Madam who ran the house , a woman called Bella Cohen , who adopted her almost as her daughter , by personally , I always found it hard to believe myself . " |
| 21 | Seeing him now in a different light , she studied him covertly as he read quickly through the typewritten sheets . |
| 22 | I 'd tried to keep my voice light , coaxing , but she studied me coolly as though she 'd picked up my unspoken reservations and would not forget them . |
| 23 | She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time . |
| 24 | ‘ I think we 've concluded our business , ’ she told him crisply as she snatched open the driver 's door and climbed into the sun-warmed interior . |
| 25 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 26 | Which was maybe a good reason why it probably would n't happen , she told herself sternly as she stuffed another olive . |
| 27 | ‘ Get a grip , Aurora , ’ she told herself sternly as she rummaged in the cupboard . |
| 28 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 29 | Put your foot down , she told herself weakly as he pulled her gently towards him . |
| 30 | All she was interested in right now , she told herself firmly as she banished tantalising , dangerous thoughts concerning those strong brown hands , was his ability to keep them afloat . |