Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] as [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the pre-lunch session was possible on the second day , drizzle intensifying to heavy rain which even penetrated the Press-box roof just as Cornhill Insurance were announcing their two-year extension of sponsorship . |
| 2 | Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen , dazzling her after the gloom , and she raised a hand to shade her eyes just as Luke Calder turned the car into the road , cutting in front of a lorry so close that her stomach lurched . |
| 3 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 4 | A cold gazpacho soup accompanied by hot , crusty garlic bread and followed by several special salads was on the menu for tonight , and Belinda arrived in the kitchen just as Mrs Porter was garnishing with parsley a deliciously chunky bowl of boneless chicken , artichokes , avocados , celery and cashew nuts coated in a tangy dressing and resting on a bed of purplish mignonette lettuce . |
| 5 | He might have waited an hour , she thought , and returned briskly to the kitchen just as Luch drift ed in for the soup . |
| 6 | The corner shop comes into view , with JJ 's ugly mug peering round it , and jerking back at the sight of me , and I am killing myself with laughter inside as Miss Plum and I walk right past , together . |
| 7 | Heartened by this exchange , Joshua re-entered the conference hall just as Norman Tebbit was getting to his feet . |
| 8 | Late in the afternoon , Loppe arrived , which frankly no one had expected , for Loppe was managing things at Kouklia just as Mick Crackbene was guarding the harbour at Famagusta . |
| 9 | Reports in American newspapers and on television ensured that they were heard in Washington just as President Clinton was considering whether to tie trade with China to questions of human rights . |
| 10 | GERHARD Berger escaped unhurt from a high-speed crash today as Alain Prost completed the formalities of claiming pole position for Sunday 's Italian Grand Prix . |
| 11 | THERE WAS a double celebration in Glenrothes recently as Margaret Cunningham ( left ) and Christine Munro were presented with carriage clocks to mark ten years with CCG . |
| 12 | In fact it became standing room only as Mr Duncan Broady , curator of the Greater Manchester Police Museum , gave a fascinating lecture about crime in the period , particularly as it affected Manchester and Salford . |
| 13 | She caught my eye expressively as Dr Curtis voiced our thoughts . |
| 14 | By then Woosnam 's tie was loosened and the top button of his shirt undone , as he underwent a late-night press conference just as Sandy Lyle and Nick Faldo had done in previous years . |
| 15 | AN EMOTIONAL row broke out in Manila yesterday as Mrs Imelda Marcos vowed to defy a government ban on her bringing home her husband 's body for burial at the weekend . |
| 16 | This strategy was invented seven years ago as Mr Harrison , as he then was , saw Racal 's difficulties in competing with the defence industry giants even after the takeover of Decca . |
| 17 | Colleagues , if we believe in playing the full part in the European community then as Steven Hughes has just said we as a union must back the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 18 | I went for a very short while to the Royal Academy of Arts for a leaving party being given for Mrs William Kerr , who firstly as Griselda Hamilton-Baillie then as Griselda Kerr , has worked so hard on the public relations staff of the Royal Academy , since 1972 . |
| 19 | You heard that ching sound again as Frank Braden shifted around to face the ex-soldier . |
| 20 | Stepping forward to the front of the jungle set , actor William Russell places himself so that the windflow from a small cooling fan falls on his face , ruffling his hair slightly as Ian Chesterton remarks on the slight breeze blowing over this exotic world . |
| 21 | So Howard flies out from the Bahamas just as Bill Saltman flies in . |
| 22 | JOHN BARNES , the England winger struggling with a hamstring injury , stayed in Liverpool yesterday as Bobby Robson 's squad met up in Buckinghamshire to fine-tune their final plans for next Wednesday 's World Cup qualifying game in Poland . |
| 23 | Hundreds of Western tourists were again turned away at crossing points in the Berlin Wall yesterday as East Berlin remained sealed off to all but those with regular visas for the fourth day running . |
| 24 | FREE business health checks are on offer today as Teesside Training and Enterprise Council ( TEC ) throws open its doors to small local companies . |
| 25 | Wright will have a key role in Vilnius tomorrow as Northern Ireland begin what has been disparagingly described as the ‘ battle of the also-Manager Billy Bingham is unlikely to make many changes from the team which lost 3–1 in Spain last month ; Iain Dowie should come in to replace the injured Philip Gray . |
| 26 | I followed him , gratefully , and we wandered down some backstairs and out on to another floor just as Ray Gelato and his Giants of Jive were starting up . |
| 27 | The conflict with the second director derived from his wanting Dustin to play the role of Valentine Brose just as David Warner had done in the London production . |
| 28 | He recognized the voice instantly as Ursula Abberley 's , but knew it would be best to pretend he had not . |
| 29 | The third year student , known to his friends simply as Donm Lau is thought to have taken his own life just days from his final exams in modern history . |
| 30 | We were really mixing with the stars then as Chris Tarrant came into the canteen ! ’ |