Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got round just as |
| 2 | She turned round quickly as she heard the sound of a step at the door . |
| 3 | She hung on tightly as the pole veered violently round . |
| 4 | Making an awkward little gesture towards the cupboard under the sink , she stepped back hastily as he bent to collect the dustpan and brush . |
| 5 | She glanced up briefly as David Ryker passed her , his leather jacket undone . |
| 6 | She glanced back just as she was about to turn a corner , and saw Joe as he came hurtling out of the side-exit . |
| 7 | ‘ No ! ’ she broke in desperately as she tried to wriggle away . |
| 8 | She broke off thankfully as the intercom on her desk buzzed . |
| 9 | She broke off abruptly as she heard Jenny 's voice issuing clearly from the direction of the sitting room : |
| 10 | ‘ It certainly is n't ; in fact I 'm beginning to wonder if this is the same man who hurt my sister so badly — ’ She broke off abruptly as the emergency alarm phone began ringing . |
| 11 | She looked around nervously as another thought occurred to her . |
| 12 | Biting her lip with worry , and trying not to give way to her feelings of fear and trepidation , she looked up quickly as the door opened . |
| 13 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 14 | Their legs tangled , and she cried out again as his thigh grazed between hers and rocked against her . |
| 15 | She sat up straight as they reached her flat , prepared to act with dignity . |
| 16 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |
| 17 | We looked on together as the various hypostatical principles were distillated and redistillated . |
| 18 | Thousands of them looked down now as something round and shiny drifted around the Earth . |
| 19 | They glanced up curiously as the Kubelwagen arrived , rising to their feet when they saw Schellenberg 's uniform . |
| 20 | They skated off together as the band began a new German waltz . |
| 21 | He straightened up easily as he spoke , and the lidded gaze moved laconically down over the outline of her body beneath the thin bedcover . |
| 22 | Foinavon passed the post with his ears pricked and that night he ate up just as usual . |
| 23 | It would n't have been , if they 'd had any furniture in when we , when we first got in I would n't have been surprised to see it painted round there as well . |
| 24 | He came round just as evening surgery was nearing its end . |
| 25 | He came back just as we were finishing the test . |
| 26 | A yellow line of electric light shone below the door just as he reached it , and his heart jumped ; he stepped back quickly as the handle turned . |
| 27 | He finished off quickly as I came in , apologized when he realized it was my pen , and that was an end to it . |
| 28 | ‘ Explained ? ’ he cut in ruthlessly as he struggled to his feet . |
| 29 | He hung on desperately as it staggered two-legged across the road and then , screaming , turned and galloped into the woods . |
| 30 | He shrank back fearfully as the horns scythed back and forth among the fragile trees , only a foot or so from his vulnerable body . |