Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled . |
| 2 | This transformation came about as companies expanded to take advantage of mass production methods and associated economies of scale and integration , and also as they strove to limit the competitive forces to which they were subject . |
| 3 | Curly Top stood up as his superior came into the room . |
| 4 | For the bulk of them , ordinary life went on as before 1066 except that the collection of rents and other lordly dues was now much harder . |
| 5 | Only a glimpse though , for the large figure darted back as soon as he saw them . |
| 6 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 7 | Ahead of him , the guard at the locked door stood up as Nicholson nodded . |
| 8 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |
| 9 | A great cheer went up as he started hitting the ball around , the merest tap sending it miles across a field as brown as Raimundo 's goatskin apron . |
| 10 | A great cheer rang out as Cowdray , the home team , came on in their orange shirts . |
| 11 | A puff of ancient dust came out as the slug went in . |
| 12 | ( ’ All right , so you 're married , ’ a badgeless fellow chimed in as he slid by . |
| 13 | Before us , in a sort of alcove brilliantly lighted … was a long table set out as one sees the Last Supper pourtrayed at Milan or elsewhere , with no one on the near side of the table … |
| 14 | with just four minutes to go Scunthorpe got a goal back … the United defence dozed off as Ian Thompstone thumped the ball low and hard past Judge … thankfully it was too late … three cheers for Hereford |
| 15 | Same old jolly camp-fire life went on as per usual . |
| 16 | So I mean if the man was going to take it on himself I mean er he used the French letter then when that clinic started up as I would say , the women would go there you see stop that lark because they did n't even they did n't even let , er take very kindly to the French letters some of them did n't you know , the men . |
| 17 | It appears that a relatively small proportion of cattle stolen in the Southern Band ended up as beef , for there were ready markets for agricultural and draught purposes , especially in the Western Province . |
| 18 | And for the next two or three hundred years it was very slow progress in terms of technical development although the industrial revolution came along as we all know . |
| 19 | Self-pity had no place in his predicament Anger and sheer instinct took over as Manville suddenly knew , deep inside himself , the exact name and nature of the game . |
| 20 | One clue stood out as Detective Sergeant Graham Bull painstakingly sifted through notes about suspect John ‘ the German ’ Calton . |
| 21 | Sparks and droplets of flaming oil rained down as Withel reached out with both gauntleted hands and grabbed Rincewind 's neck , forcing him down . |
| 22 | A passage was cleared through the crowd like magic , and although they were all kindly men , a great shout of irrepressible laughter went up as I fled . |
| 23 | When we tell them in the , what we say is that erm that very same person came back as a fox , or you know , that very same person came back as er you know ge goose or whatever animal it might be . |
| 24 | When we tell them in the , what we say is that erm that very same person came back as a fox , or you know , that very same person came back as er you know ge goose or whatever animal it might be . |
| 25 | The bubbling notes of a female cuckoo rang out as , rounding a bend and finding ourselves with the sea again in view , we settled to picnic . |
| 26 | I think we live with the local authority set up as we have it . |
| 27 | It has a wrought-iron garden gate flanked by two brick pillars and an entry phone , the whole thing set out as for a country house . |
| 28 | Oh , do n't worry , ’ her bitter hurt spilled over as he swung round , ‘ I 'll see you get your money . ’ |
| 29 | A huge local family came in as she was drinking coffee , and suddenly there were voices and laughter as they arranged the stately grandmother at the head of the table , the boisterous children banished to the other end . |