Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like this they bound slowly down the boulevard , with him laughing and kicking people 's hats awry as they come arcing back on to the pavement at the end of each step . |
| 2 | A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top . |
| 3 | I could hear voices somewhere as I looked around , studying the portraits , examining the marquetry of the chairs and tables , all of which were ranged formally about the walls . |
| 4 | He had to double park there — does n't everyone ? — so he put the warning indicators on as he climbed in the back of the red Transit . |
| 5 | ‘ Pollensa ? ’ she croaked , punching out her floor and raising her eyes skywards as everyone did as the lift doors slid shut . |
| 6 | He steered his way round these words much as he had negotiated the deck . |
| 7 | Laura could n't seem to tear her eyes away as she absorbed the man 's hawk-like , tanned face and the sensual appeal of his tall , broad-shouldered body elegantly clad in a black long-tailed jacket and dark-striped trousers . |
| 8 | Security can also be a problem here , so try to park in highly visible places which are less likely to be jammed by visitors ' cars just as you want to get home . |
| 9 | I prefer to leave pictures just as I finish them in front of the subject . |
| 10 | In fact , ‘ have a nice day ’ was originally coined as a deliberately longer and more personal message to have ringing in customers ' ears just as they walked off the premises , instead of the terminal ‘ bye ’ or ‘ see yah ’ , so they 'd come back . |
| 11 | Crying is more usual in the evenings and the baby may draw its legs up as it cries and become very red in the face . |
| 12 | The man took a couple of steps back as they headed for him ; but then they stopped , as if they 'd sensed his fury and found it to be a wall that they hesitated to scale . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , it 's nice not to find yourself dead , ’ she said , but she closed her eyes submissively as he drew the sheets up over her . |
| 14 | A passport inside containing the photograph of Eila Karjalainen , a Finnish student who 'd disappeared a few months before as she hitchhiked through Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |
| 16 | She knew it sounded unconvincing and she could read the continued disbelief in his eyes even as she spoke , but it was n't right , the way he was managing to give a nasty twist to everything she said . |
| 17 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 18 | ‘ That can wait , ’ Dane said grimly , his eyes hard as he spotted Shae half hidden behind Josh 's bulk . |
| 19 | He nodded and the bookie nodded back , his eyes everywhere as he scanned the other faces , looking for takers amid the din . |
| 20 | ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife ? ’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry . |
| 21 | Have you ever watched people reading to themselves , slow readers who move their lips silently as they read ? |
| 22 | The lads used to sing them like when er , but as I say , it was n't anybody only just the kids round as we played about with you know . |
| 23 | Tears filled her eyes again as she thought of the little gravestone in the churchyard : In loving memory of William Richard France-Lynch , 1978–81 . |
| 24 | He grins and there 's mischief in those eyes again as he describes one of his greatest pleasures : ‘ I often come back to Bristol to do Poetry Please . |
| 25 | The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit . |
| 26 | In the Guides you will work for Interest Badges just as you have done in Brownies . |
| 27 | Even the Wolfe Tone Societies , the one section of the republican movement which had a well-worked-out strategy for the civil rights movement , were unable to implement their plans exactly as they had intended . |
| 28 | Ace smiled sweetly , and slipped her mirrored sunglasses on as she headed for the reception area . |
| 29 | Gibbon launched a three-pronged attack from the north , north-west and west , cutting the Indians down as they stumbled from their lodges . |
| 30 | " Spain has managed to maintain those areas much as they have been since the Middle Ages , because industrial development here has been much slower than in other European nations . |