Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | George moved to stand on my foot just as Katy discovered a pound coin and Christopher yelled it was his . |
| 2 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |
| 3 | New Zealand I hope to visit myself probably on my way home as we come round the Horn and thereby circumnavigate the globe ! ! ! |
| 4 | I think the statement should really just be judged on its merits today as it stands . |
| 5 | Bob Calder grinned and put a steadying hand on her arm just as Nicolo reached them . |
| 6 | She found another bathroom , which was important , because the champagne was acting on her stomach just as she 'd been afraid it would . |
| 7 | The activities of these components depend on their symmetries just as the activities of internal vibrations of the molecules are related to their symmetries ( see Section 5.7 ) . |
| 8 | they 'll have a tough old game on their hands tomorrow as Colchester are playing well and getting results … |
| 9 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 10 | It tells of a butcher returning home empty-handed from a market , and looking for lodgings in a village that lies on his route homewards as it is too late at night for him to reach home . |
| 11 | He showed his surprise on his face now as she leaned still further over the counter and whispered , ‘ The sleeping beauty 's at a loose end : she 's off from three . ’ |
| 12 | Vice-president MacFarlane will have plenty on his plate now as he tries to pull all the ideas together into the first draft paper on the way to creating the eventual plan for formal consideration in November . |
| 13 | At his death he owed the queen £4,000 from rents on forest land in his care as sub-warden , but there was a suggestion that he settled lands on his daughters so as to deprive the queen of her due . |
| 14 | Please check the flight timings on your tickets carefully as these may have changed since our brochure was published . |