Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [pers pn] came " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 2 | When Nan rushed in , pulling her hat and coat off as she came in , she laughingly looked at the clock and said , ‘ Made it all but a minute , miss . |
| 3 | Not wanting anyone to see her dress from behind — the hem had come undone and she was n't wearing stockings — she had hung back as they came through the doors of the Grill Room . |
| 4 | Sixteen-year-old Michael , from Stowmarket , has been shooting for just over two years , and his dedication and practice paid off as he came a magnificent third place in the senior compound section . |
| 5 | He brought it up , let it look about as they came to another junction . |
| 6 | In the end the mother found us , grunting softly as she came over , nuzzling the calf and licking its cheek and neck . |
| 7 | He was leaning against a table and he straightened up as she came in . |
| 8 | Two things made him slow down as he came to the entrance . |
| 9 | Bodie drove quickly to the Stones ' house , slowing down as he came into the street at the far end . |
| 10 | It was dark and the sea was rising rapidly as I came up the firth , keeping the bows in the direction of the flashing lighthouse on the White Hill of Vatster . |
| 11 | Richie Lowell glanced up as they came into his office and then pushed his spectacles up into his greying hair . |
| 12 | He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer . |
| 13 | He came home and unlocked the front door , calling out as he came . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not going to make love to your ankle , ’ he breathed heavily as he came to lie down beside her , passionately gathering her into his arms . |
| 15 | ‘ The coast 's clear , ’ Rob whispered conspiratorially as he came into Merrill 's room . |
| 16 | It jolted up the lane , slowed down as it came out into the open area in front of the quarry gates , and stopped . |
| 17 | She pictured them all staring up as she came in and Michael Swinton giving rapid orders to Punch as he had done before , and saw herself putting her basket on the table and showing him what she had brought , the taste and spirit of Christmas from Bishopstow , from her house , her own establishment . |
| 18 | Starting that way , you go on as you came . ’ |
| 19 | He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes . |
| 20 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 21 | She looked up as he came in , her eyes suddenly shrewd . |
| 22 | They looked up as he came quietly into the room , and he knew — immediately and instinctively — that his mother knew everything . |
| 23 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 24 | I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour , he thought savagely as he came out on to his floor and lumbered towards room 4038 , I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour and then some . |
| 25 | small wheel , you know , with a white horse he came , you know on er granite cobbles horses hooves , er he went to the bottom along this circle to turn round as he came back every door were open and we and er heads out , they thought it was a fu , you know , horse |
| 26 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 27 | ‘ Look around you , ’ Scathach hissed suddenly as they came round a curve in the river , riding slowly . |
| 28 | Even allowing for this , the surface was left just as it came out of the mould . |
| 29 | Nicolo smiled crookedly as he came slowly towards her ; her heart leaped into her throat but she stood her ground . |
| 30 | She said coolly as they came up to the stuffed spaniel , ‘ What do you call him , that very fierce dog ? ’ |