Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days of warm spring weather opened the flowers of forsythia bushes in the neglected garden behind Merrill 's flat , and she hummed as she cut long stems of the starry yellow blossom . |
| 2 | He yowled as he touched one of the plates , which took away a layer of his skin . |
| 3 | She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction . |
| 4 | Surkov 's hand trembled as he lit another cigarette . |
| 5 | Göring 's popularity in particular suffered as it became evident that , whatever successes German troops were having in distant parts , as head of the Luftwaffe , he was unable to guarantee the protection of the homeland . |
| 6 | Throttles opened wide , the engines roared as they regained flying speed , the Vimy skimmed the waves so close that the spray beat underneath the wings . |
| 7 | ‘ I should never have come here , ’ she muttered as she drew level with him . |
| 8 | He noticed as we 'd all noticed that in in respect of law and order that things were really going from bad to worse , were deteriorating . |
| 9 | Whilst the ride itself was uneventful , the reception we received as we visited each of the sites in turn was fantastic . |
| 10 | This bottle seems to have a plastic stopper , ’ he murmured as he filled two glasses . |
| 11 | Newman nodded as they passed one dwelling . |
| 12 | He saluted Melissa with a smile that faded as he became aware of the argument going on across the yard . |
| 13 | Christina 's hand shook as she sipped golden rum from the bottle and passed it to Stephen . |
| 14 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 15 | Keith grinned as he selected another file . |
| 16 | Julia flinched as she heard that and wondered how she herself would have stood up to the kind of life Raffaella was describing . |
| 17 | Meh'Lindi wore a mildly blissful smile which vanished as she came alert again . |
| 18 | ‘ Seven counties , ’ Eleanor repeated as he held open the pad ’ dock gate . |
| 19 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 20 | A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall . |
| 21 | She gave him a few things , all invented , and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger . |
| 22 | I watched as he sat next to him , and whispered something into his ear , the small man cringed slightly and looked as the middle aged woman had done at the tattered ‘ Summer Sun ’ adverts . |
| 23 | All of us watched as he poured some of the clear liquid into each of our bowls and then began kneading the tobacco to put in a chillim . |
| 24 | She sat by her only daughter and watched as she grew thinner and breathed less and less easily until the day came when she could not breathe any more . |
| 25 | The rage and hatred I felt as I wrote this letter was terrifying , like a sudden , violent illness . |
| 26 | He felt as he had that night when he invoked the power of Callanish to intercede and save Minch 's life . |
| 27 | He brightened as he recalled some of what they had been told . |
| 28 | He blinked as he thought this over . |
| 29 | They changed in character : grew as we grew older . |
| 30 | Adam shivered as he remembered that . |