Example sentences of "of [noun pl] as [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can still hear the clatter of coins as they rained on the stage in a steady downpour of acclaim , a habit derived from the days of the gold rush . |
| 2 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 3 | Tabitha opened the box and ate a handful of raisins as they left the hold . |
| 4 | The Russells Hall pupils were immediately able to see that their new working partners opted for as wide a range of activities as they did and joined in with as much interest . |
| 5 | Mortimer almost ran headlong into a patrol of Germans as he traversed a long gallery , but the Germans were hampered by uncocked weapons , and Mortimer downed two of them with his Browning before ducking behind a turn in the wall , his men loosing a volley of rifle fire into the surviving guards . |
| 6 | By May 3 up to 500 Moroccans were being turned back daily from the southern Spanish port of Algeciras as they attempted to enter before May 15 , when a visa became necessary for visitors who were citizens of Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia and Mauritania . |
| 7 | The police had shot the man in the head after he had fired on Police a number of times as they chased him . |
| 8 | But also — ’ I flipped the keys a couple of times as I stood up — ‘ because I think he enjoyed doing it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Whatever it is , it seems to please you , ’ Lucy said , snatching the message pad from Doreen 's hand , then found herself full of misgivings as she read the information directed to herself . |
| 10 | Rose looked helplessly down to where the old lady still flailed against her pillows , catching her breath on each series of cackles as they left her throat . |
| 11 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 12 | Aycliffe coughed , and his glance drifted away to rest unseeingly on the shelves of books as he spoke . |
| 13 | He heard the bolt slide from the attic door , then her tread on the stairs and the muffle of voices as she reached the upper room . |
| 14 | We are in exile now and we have no money , " he would tell people who came to Morocco and asked to be paid for past services to the crown , It was not quite true , but certainly no longer disposed of the sort of funds as he had done when he was in power . |
| 15 | He could see the roof of Belmodes as he turned towards where Rose lived . |
| 16 | When the teller announced the Magharba vote at 1235 , implying a Magharba majority , the Zuwaya immediately protested that Magharba were present who had no right to vote : after a check of identity cards some men left and they began the vote again , this time counting both groups of supporters as they passed behind their goals . |
| 17 | The existence of vegetation , and its changing nature , explains much of the evolutionary success of dinosaurs as they adapted to their environment . |
| 18 | I was within half a mile of Darrowby with the lights of the little town beginning to wink between the bare roadside branches when a car approached , went past , then I heard a squeal of brakes as it stopped and began to double back . |
| 19 | Towards the far end of the chamber there were several robes half hidden by billowing folds of grey clouds , but which seemed to be composed of eyes as she drew nearer . |
| 20 | It proceeded by a combination of : ( a ) direct observation of hustlers as they hustled ; ( b ) informal talks , n sometimes hours long , with hustlers ; ( c ) participant observation — as hustler 's opponent , hustler 's backer , and as hustler . |
| 21 | Immediately , Dora put her expression to rights , even squeezing out a polite smile of thanks as he set her glass in front of her , the epitome of a well-bred Englishwoman who never reveals her feelings before servants or foreigners . |
| 22 | Many Clutton players and supporters were still stunned by Royston Marley 's brilliant brace of goals as they boarded the bus home . |
| 23 | The snapping of twigs as someone moved over the thick , soggy mass of fallen leaves . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough 's battle-weary troops were cheered by thousands of fans as they made their way to a civic reception in an open-topped bus . |
| 25 | For long solitary hours he would take stance on some sea cliff watching the sharp-winged flutter of terns as they hung above the sea to fish , or the magnificent splashes of great gannets , or the rugged gliding of herring gulls . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The driver spun the wheel as the Mercedes reached the end of the row of parked cars and it skidded sideways , the left corner of the rear bumper crumpling in a flash of sparks as it glanced off the wall . |
| 28 | At that moment , with a shower of sparks as it hit the superstructure , the flare died . |
| 29 | There 's a common interest of course of avoiding war for most people anyway , but there 's also a common interest we know related to environmental issues and that can not be dealt with by each country , each country may have unique environmental problems but environmental problems straddle erm boundaries of countries as we saw from the Chernobyl problem of some years ago . |
| 30 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |