Example sentences of "as [pron] neared the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one . |
| 2 | As I neared the roundabout outside the old town , I glanced across the fields and noticed an eerie grey ruined abbey standing on its own in flat farmland . |
| 3 | I always run just as fast I have to , and as I neared the finish I looked across to make sure that I had qualified , and there was Carl . |
| 4 | Fenella moved down the narrow , steep slope with the stunted trees and the blackened , scarred ground and felt , as she neared the Workshops , a thick , clotted malevolence belching out towards them . |
| 5 | Nicandra was breathless as she neared the end of the Avenue . |
| 6 | As she neared the front gates , Glenda Grower rode out from the path to the bicycle sheds and pedalled past her . |
| 7 | As she neared the door , she heard voices within , and hesitated . |
| 8 | Leith skirted round it , saw as she neared the house that the french doors of the drawing-room were open , but was in too much of an emotional uproar to realise that she could take a short cut . |
| 9 | She began to relax a little as she neared the department where she worked , then realised that any vague notion that she might slip into her office without anyone noticing was a non-starter — everybody seemed to be looking at her ! |
| 10 | One member of the party went to summon the rescue team and the helicopter appeared as we neared the CIC hut . |
| 11 | It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up . |
| 12 | It was a long walk , almost a mile each way and as we neared the Lodge Gates , I would look over the Cemetery wall at old tombstones , bearing Christian names which to seemed so strange , Ezekiel , Zachariah , Obidiah and many similar . |
| 13 | ‘ As we neared the helicopter pilot I said ‘ OK , this is where Tim will open the door ’ , and as we passed over the pilot ‘ This is where Derek throws out the dinghy . |
| 14 | As we neared the Arctic Circle , the country opened up more , with extensive marshes dotted with willow and birch trees . |
| 15 | Then , as we neared the entrance , a ship came up astern , and she can only have been one of Everard 's sailing barges coming up on the tide . |
| 16 | Inevitably the road worsened as we neared the pass , the surface rutted by trucks and still awash with water spilling down steep gullies . |
| 17 | As we neared the cemetery , the streets began to fill with people , all heading in the same direction . |
| 18 | ‘ Hello auntie ! ’ called the man as they neared the little party . |
| 19 | ‘ She had many admirers , ’ the old mother said as they neared the house in a tone of puzzlement and of mourning . |
| 20 | As they neared the little town the guard went through the train saying : ‘ Move to the front — you 've got ta look quick for the platform there , ‘ cos there ai n't much of it ! |
| 21 | As they neared the small shop they were nearly knocked to the ground by a young man fleeing from the same direction . |
| 22 | Got your brolly , Breeze ? ’ she asked as they neared the door . |
| 23 | The Russian followed , shouting as they neared the superstructure door . |
| 24 | As they neared the foot of the hill the sky opened and a heavy torrent fell mercilessly down . |
| 25 | Harriet , resolute behind the wheel , increased speed a little as they neared the town . |
| 26 | As they neared the top of the street , Patrick slowed as they neared the Royal Hibernian Hotel , but their guide continued on … and that left only one major hotel in the vicinity . |
| 27 | As they neared the top of the street , Patrick slowed as they neared the Royal Hibernian Hotel , but their guide continued on … and that left only one major hotel in the vicinity . |
| 28 | " I 've no money , " he said gently , as they neared the ornate portico of the white stone building . |
| 29 | As they neared the hall and drawing-room , she said lightly , ‘ If you are interested — in photography — then I could invite you again . |
| 30 | As they neared the entrance to the wing , Nicholson slowed his pace imperceptibly . |