Example sentences of "as [pron] passed " in BNC.
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| 1 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 2 | As I passed the hall in a large comprehensive school , where notices proclaimed ‘ Quiet please : examination in progress ’ , the invigilator , a geography teacher , staggered out to engage me in slurred discussion of educational issues . |
| 3 | After breakfasting with the mortar team I made my way over to Brigade H.Q As I passed along the wall of the orchard I suddenly thought about the Frenchman and his family who lived in the cottage on the other side of the wall . |
| 4 | It was a small grave , and at its head was a low wooden cross inscribed with his name , date of birth , and date of death ; and as I passed , I had a vision of a little Aberdeen terrier who had gone off for a run by himself , and was now sporting in the fields of Paradise . |
| 5 | As I passed the bottom of Crag Woods a figure emerged from the undergrowth . |
| 6 | Tired and hungry I gave the head Pooh-Bah a rap with the wrong end of the feather duster as I passed . |
| 7 | My only culinary memories of Huntingdon are of seeing a pea-canning factory ( now demolished ) as I passed by on the train . |
| 8 | Then , as I passed him , he would say : ‘ Oh , Stevens , there was something I meant to say to you . ’ |
| 9 | Most of those who were fleeing dispersed down side streets and , after a quarter of a mile , the last two ran into a garden as I passed . |
| 10 | ‘ Well ’ — he turned and looked towards the window — ‘ I noticed as I passed that you had a box of Havana cigars , the … the Excepcionales . |
| 11 | As I passed what we then called ‘ The Doll 's hospital ’ I felt a very firm hand come on to my shoulder . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw that bush move as I passed , ’ Mary jabbered excitedly , ‘ I was scared for a sec , but I moved the bush and there it was . ’ |
| 13 | As I passed the boy , who could not be more than 10 years of age , he said : |
| 14 | Bambi Lorrimore put her hand arrestingly on my arm as I passed . |
| 15 | I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door . |
| 16 | As I passed the two of them a second security guard came out of the doorway , holding a fat canvas money-bag . |
| 17 | As I passed what had been the marshalling yard and sidings , I glanced at the rows of rusting buffer stops and rotting wooden buffer beams , and conjured up a picture of its lines of laden coal wagons waiting to be despatched and the coal empties waiting to be taken to the collieries to be filled . |
| 18 | ‘ Hi , Robin , ’ I murmured as I passed . |
| 19 | I mused on Toby 's story as I walked towards the clubhouse and so intent was I on my thoughts that I nearly knocked over Sally Drayton as I passed the PGA hut . |
| 20 | ‘ Sandwich terns , ’ he called out as I passed . |
| 21 | There were French , Arab and Jewish streets ; as I passed from one to another I felt I was crossing borders . |
| 22 | As I passed the bakery on my way home , Didier ran out of the shop to greet me and asked if he might accompany me . |
| 23 | As I passed his bedroom , I saw Grace Poole sitting inside , calmly mending the curtains . |
| 24 | I remember nothing whatever about the match , as I passed out thirty yards from the ground . |
| 25 | and stand up on the pedals as I passed |
| 26 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 27 | As I passed the palatial ship of Gharr the Gherpotean , I saw that it was shut up tight , with no sign of activity . |
| 28 | As I passed the portals my feeling of doom increased . |
| 29 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 30 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |