Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes scored twice , the second another solo effort , while Shane Tibbetts and Gander both showed a turn of speed as they increase the try tally . |
| 2 | Burkett observed that money could even buy speed as they swung the precisely crafted oars through the beautifully modelled oarlocks . |
| 3 | Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor . |
| 4 | Greg thought back on the Hilda he had known with a surge of affection : he could almost see her , chuckling over the typewriter as she composed the letter . |
| 5 | He heard the coffee-cup as she put it down , then the soft swish of her skirt as she crossed the room and sat on the chair again . |
| 6 | I sat high by the bow like a proud salvaged mermaid as we entered the canal at Dochfour leading to Inverness . |
| 7 | Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll endeavour to employ a shade more vigilance than you did , ’ she returned lightly , then cocked her head to one side as she heard the sound of a siren . |
| 9 | Gwen Bunker looked from one man to the other , cocking her head to one side as she appraised the merchandise . |
| 10 | Her left arm was now under control , staying loosely by her side as she used the other arm and moved around . |
| 11 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |
| 12 | Forty years later , I sat in the drawing-room of his home at Sevenoaks in Kent , watching him shake his head vigorously from side to side as he contemplated the ruins of his own efforts to resolve the Palestine problem . |
| 13 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 14 | This time Allen and Dicks were cautioned , Allen fortunate not to be shown a red card as he harangued the referee . |
| 15 | He looked over the card as he delivered the oath , which he knew by heart , and saw the incongruous green of an army uniform through the glass of the doors . |
| 16 | Devlin could hear the sounds of shooting as they descended the steep stairway . |
| 17 | The budget would still be a tight one , but it would be geared to maintaining business investment as we approach the post-1992 European single market , and limiting the effects of the recession on business . |
| 18 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 19 | In Moscow , the screen-watcher was unaware of all this drama and emotion as he tracked the Citation across north-west Russia and into St Petersburg . |
| 20 | WARRINGTON General Hospital consultant Barry Taylor shook with emotion as he described the savage injuries of the bomb wounded . |
| 21 | The appeal to doctrines of reincarnation is an almost essential fall-back as it shifts the burden of full responsibility from our shoulders . |
| 22 | Lord Justice Higgins ' widow , Bridget , daughters , Mary , Lucy and Cait , and sons John and Matthew , led the cortege as it left the church for burial at Milltown Cemetery in Magherafelt . |
| 23 | Through the club magazine , Tryline , it will also be an additional communication vehicle for their work and Will Carling has been asked to be the first honorary president of the club as he lead the very team which embodies the aspirations of the club itself . |
| 24 | Even nails stopped in his stride as they rounded the corner by the cinema queue . |
| 25 | He hardly paused in his stride as he led the way up two flights of stairs and , outwardly calm but instinctively wary , Merrill followed . |
| 26 | There was even a slight swagger in his stride as he entered the Star Dressing Room . |
| 27 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Lesley lost two pints of blood as she chased the knifeman . |
| 29 | Connors brought me up to date on his opinion of the guys in the car as I rolled the heap round the first intersection . |
| 30 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |