Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lisa laid down the phone her hand was shaking . |
| 2 | The voices above stopped arguing , as Cardiff slid down the rail , exhausted and gasping for breath . |
| 3 | The squealing stopped as Anders plucked out the carrot . |
| 4 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |
| 5 | JUST as spring brings out the first swallows , so it also motivates incoming club tours from one or more of the four home countries . |
| 6 | She did not leave as Corbett took up the pewter spoon and began to eat . |
| 7 | She heard the rattle of the curtain rings as the blackouts were pulled across , and then the click of the switch on the standard lamp as Bella put on the light . |
| 8 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 9 | As Molly put down the telephone , she saw Jacqueline , her mouth full of dough , staring at her with the large , accusing eyes of an Oxfam poster . |
| 10 | In string theories , what were previously thought of as particles are now pictured as waves traveling down the string , like waves on a vibrating kite string . |
| 11 | He steeled himself as Epitot drew back the sheet . |
| 12 | As officials move up the hierarchy they may be more involved in policy advice rather than managing budgets or people . |
| 13 | As Ace manoeuvred down the flank of the shuttle , letting her gauntlets scrape against the weld-seams and pock-marks in order to slow her drift towards the base of the craft , she saw that the Dalek Killer was using his weapon to cut through the metallic material of the surface on which he 'd parked . |
| 14 | As Matthew drew out the chair and waited for her to sit down , Donna said suddenly , ‘ My God ! |
| 15 | He watched carefully as Rory set out the papers . |
| 16 | He looked round uneasily as Martin put down the phone and said that he had to go . |
| 17 | As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs , he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle . |
| 18 | ‘ The poor man at the gate , ’ that 's you , living here happy as sparrows pecking up the crumbs from his excellent table . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 20 | As Meryl held out the plate of petits-fours laughingly to Lee , she knew that someone was standing by her shoulder . |
| 21 | She may have acted over-cautiously in rejecting the proposals but Ms Radice was obviously on her best behaviour as legislators work out the budget for fiscal year 1993 , which begins 1 October . |
| 22 | They face a race against time as fears grow over the health of the whales and the possibility of their becoming beached . |
| 23 | The other rabbits were beginning to reach the hedge as Bigwig hopped down the bank and crouched on the verge of the road . |
| 24 | As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore . |
| 25 | Jane dug the garden as Lee picked up the weeds . |
| 26 | The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days . |
| 27 | Some of these might , I am sure , change their opinion as Wheen fills in the gaps and rounds off an account of a long career that began in 1920s aesthetic Oxford and finished in a heart attack in a London taxi almost 50 years later . |
| 28 | ‘ Clever stuff , ’ exclaimed Tom as Edith brought in the puddings . |
| 29 | He wound his way through us as we sat fascinated at the sight as Geordie tiptoed down the beach towards the sea , his top part a deep tan , from the waist down a dirty white colour . |
| 30 | As things worked out the hat/rabbit analogy was nearer the truth than anyone suspected . |