Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth touched hers lightly as she opened her lips to reply . |
| 2 | The war affected me chiefly as it affected my personal affairs . |
| 3 | Border described it all as media nonsense , saying he had , in fact , stayed behind to attend to some personal business . |
| 4 | The pursuer threw himself aside as the vehicle mounted the pavement , slamming into a lamp-post . |
| 5 | The chief magistrate watched me intently as the prosecutor , a blundering serjeant-at-law , failed to prove I had any grievance against the Ralembergs and could not proffer any motive for the crime . |
| 6 | The giant palms lining the road inspected me disinterestedly as I coasted along trying to find the Alcade Apartments . |
| 7 | Hence they were also called Dualists and the Church condemned them accordingly as heretical in their beliefs . |
| 8 | And yesterday Labour 's rank-and-file kept him there as he won 533,000 votes in the constituency section of the election — which is decided by ballot . |
| 9 | A sense of fatalism kept her still as long legs in thigh-hugging jeans were lowered on to the chair . |
| 10 | But only the occasional shafts of sunlight gave it away as it worked slowly downwards , making the most of its daily exercise . |
| 11 | His shocked expression said it all as she pulled away . |
| 12 | THE brown cow eyed us suspiciously as we approached . |
| 13 | Then a leaking gasket on the fuel header tank showed itself graphically as fuel was blown back into Bob 's face from the filler cap in front of the windscreen . |
| 14 | It pierced the wizard 's forehead and penetrated to his brain as he stood cursing ; death took him unawares as it did Goliath , and his lifeless body fell backwards on to the sand . |