Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if by any chance the Bairns ' fortunes begin to falter under his chairmanship , and their stalwart position as second-bottom in the league is challenged , then he should not be surprised to hear from the terraces the menacing sound of the fans as they give tongue : ‘ Christie , Christie , Christie — out , out , out ! ’ |
| 2 | It was in an affidavit from Sugar booed and hissed at by fans as he entered court that Martin Mann QC , for Venables , named Clough . |
| 3 | It was in an affidavit from Sugar booed and hissed at by fans as he entered court that Martin Mann QC , for Venables , named Clough . |
| 4 | The route follows minor roads , woodland paths , paths across fields and cliff-tops as you cross Whitecliff Bay to reach Sandown . |
| 5 | QACs and mixtures containing QACs may not be used in brewing or the licensed trades as they affect beer head retention . |
| 6 | Fairfax is seated in the dining room beneath the stuffed heads of a cabal of gloomy animals as he eats sausages and eggs . |
| 7 | Rising from the bed , Theda opened the door , apprehension in her eyes as she confronted Miss Merchiston 's glare . |
| 8 | The blonde girl ignored the gesture , a gleam coming into her eyes as she examined Virginia with insulting thoroughness . |
| 9 | Yet still there was a hint of mischievousness in his eyes as he met Anne 's gaze , which gave the lie to his otherwise angelic appearance . |
| 10 | Reggie Kray , always a lover of children , had tears in his eyes as he watched Michael comfort the girl . |
| 11 | Recent trends in the geography of voting in Great Britain pose major problems for all political parties as they develop strategies for the next general election . |
| 12 | Vanessa hung back to count off heads as they followed Hazel . |
| 13 | Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar , both raised in Bombay , were instrumental in whipping up their home supporters as they savaged England 's attack in a stand of 194 . |
| 14 | He said that the British APT ( Advanced Passenger Train ) and the Canadian LRC ( Light , Rapid and Comfortable ) — which like the APT tilts as it enters bends — were failures . |
| 15 | The precise criteria and procedures whereby schools were included in the project are discussed at length elsewhere in this report , but we may note that a set of guidelines for school participation was drawn up and developed by the Project Coordinating Team ( see Appendix 3 ) and that these gave direction to schools as they established library committees and developed their plans . |
| 16 | Although the Commission is a statutory body with a wide remit to promote the interests of crofters , it is so tightly bound by the rule of ‘ ultra vires ’ and treasury control , that it could not devote a minuscule sum to an experiment the results of which were endorsed by the Chief Inspector of Schools for the North and Highland Division , who wrote ‘ I should very much like to see continued the special educational merits of the scheme , challenge without competition , linkage of school and community in common effort , availability of expert advice to schools as they link theory with practice , financial assistance for bigger Projects , commitments which continue ’ . |
| 17 | Janacek writes words as he writes music — the two were for him virtually indivisible , and in these abrupt , epigrammatic paragraphs , sometimes brutally down to earth , sometimes fanciful , you can hear him talking — often shouting in your ear . |
| 18 | This too encourages the flow of savings as it gives savers the confidence that their savings will earn a good rate of interest . |
| 19 | She pointed towards the lifts as she quoted Vass 's suite number . |
| 20 | To pursue the investigation of the effect of family environment on the measured achievements and lifestyles of the Down 's Syndrome subjects as they enter adulthood to see how far age does , or does not , modify the influence of the family . |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , that poor girl 's a bit cut up about something , ’ Leo said , putting an affectionate arm around the younger man 's shoulders as they watched Cindy in the garden . |
| 22 | Please remember these particular missionaries as they seek God 's will and direction for their gifts and talents . |
| 23 | Here , I used four different designs as they add interest , but they could easily have been four matching designs . |
| 24 | A faint smile of satisfaction touched Lucy 's lips as she heard Silas leave the reception office . |
| 25 | Rosalba felt that if only she could stop blinking and concentrate totally on the sweet and grieving countenance of the Madonna of the Spasm , she would catch the fleeting flutter of her eyelids and twitch of her lips as she granted Rosa 's prayer . |
| 26 | This is the famous ‘ baby boom ’ , shared more or less by all Western industrial countries ( not Eastern Europe or Japan ) , which has now produced almost as many books as it has people . |
| 27 | I would appreciate your prayers for me during these coming months as I seek direction from the Lord about my future . |
| 28 | The observation posts have a dual purpose — to collate information on the movements of suspected republican terrorists , and to deter loyalist murder gangs as they launch attacks in staunchly nationalist areas . |
| 29 | Wolves may not howl here in the moonlight , as they did in the journal of Jonathan Harker , but I have no difficulty in seeing Slains as he saw Count Dracula 's castle in Bukovina , the tall black windows from which not a glimmer of light came , and the jagged battlements glimpsed when the moon came out from behind the fitful clouds . |
| 30 | Boas had objected that one could not define historical periods as one defines animal species . |