Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She just toppled over as I touched her . |
| 2 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 3 | She hardly looked up as we entered but continued to stir the huge , black pot which hung above the flames , now and again throwing in a scattering of herbs and the occasional piece of raw , fatty meat . |
| 4 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 5 | Corbett expected the Pictish village to be hidden and secretive but suddenly the trees thinned , the sunlight glimmered then poured through as they abruptly left the canopy of trees and entered a large clearing . |
| 6 | Beverley keeps her feelings tightly reined in as she talks . |
| 7 | They said one Pakistani soldier , five of his countrymen and three Americans were injured in the three-hour clash , the worst since the weekend killing of seven Nigerian troops trapped by a mob and then gunned down as they tried to flee . |