Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The News International ban had some unusual characteristics as we have seen , but the ban and the judgment on it was a significant event in several further respects . |
| 2 | It rustled round her ears as it had done before she went into mourning . |
| 3 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 4 | The Greens were present in over 500 wards , compared with 206 wards in 1988 , and the Liberal Democrats were able to field almost as many candidates as they had done previously . |
| 5 | There were tears in the girls ' eyes as they tried to smile back . |
| 6 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
| 7 | Tears filled her eyes as she described seeing him looking down on her . |
| 8 | She had tears in her eyes as she tried to recover from the laughter . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was her soft , drawling voice or the fact that , no matter how interesting the topic of your conversation , you would inevitably see her smothering amiable yawns as you talked ; you would see the muscles of her jaw tighten and the tears start from her eyes as she tried to repress them . |
| 10 | Pursing her lips thoughtfully , she half closed her eyes as she tried to visualise how it might look . |
| 11 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
| 12 | For a boss , in fact , he was a very human man , who had hardly tried to hide the tears behind his eyes as he had stepped into the Mercedes earlier . |
| 13 | One remembered again the anger in his eyes as he had faced her across the table . |
| 14 | But she knew she had seen that covetous look in his eyes as he had watched her . |
| 15 | Philip 's face is sad , shadows are in his eyes as he turns to look . |
| 16 | Sarella recalled the smouldering look of desire in his eyes as he 'd kissed her . |
| 17 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 18 | There was a dark look in his eyes as he continued to look down at her , but as she proceeded to wriggle away from him he made no move to stop her . |
| 19 | Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac . |
| 20 | He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles . |
| 21 | Screwing up his eyes as he attempted to remember what Rose had said . |
| 22 | The objective in 1993 is to make our budget , which is achievable providing we stop scoring own goals as we have done in th Northern Area of Wimpey Asphalt and the Eastern Area of Wimpey Hobbs over the last two years . |
| 23 | The crowd are held back by security guards as they try to divert a stream which is running across the front of the stage . |
| 24 | Gillian , left , and Gayle give the thumbs up to city drivers as they wait to cross busy Lime Street |
| 25 | We push his legs but they buckle at the knees , so we have to hold them up above our heads as we push to make them stay straight , then as we shove and his trousers are rolled down by the rim of stone , his arms flop over the far side of the shaft rim and it suddenly gets easier to push him . |
| 26 | We are in exile now and we have no money , " he would tell people who came to Morocco and asked to be paid for past services to the crown , It was not quite true , but certainly no longer disposed of the sort of funds as he had done when he was in power . |
| 27 | Throughout the seventeenth century , and far into the eighteenth , the issue of precedence continued to arouse strong feeling and generate disputes as it had done in earlier generations . |
| 28 | Trolls can sometimes be persuaded to join Orcs or Goblins as they march to battle , although it is doubtful if they really understand what is going on . |
| 29 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 30 | For small cichlids it is possible , for example , to use nylon net curtains as gravel tidies , but these would be no good when it comes to large cichlids as they tend to get hold of the soft material and pull it out of place . |