Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I looked down a tube as empty as Outer Space , I pushed away from my board and dove for the bottom . |
| 2 | like a cabbage white as I forked out a fiver |
| 3 | I am sharply aware of every move I make , each crack of sound as I put down a cup , each dull ring as I move a spoon , each splash of water , squeak of the tap , thud of my shoe on the floor . |
| 4 | The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp . |
| 5 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 6 | The night shift volunteer was standing next to me getting ready to come on to the phones and as I came off a call he started to chat to me . |
| 7 | The whole operation was developing like a Grahame Greene novel as I walked up a dark country lane to the waiting car . |
| 8 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 9 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 10 | Most of the work is composed in six-line tail-rhyme stanzas , rhyming A A B C C B. There are usually two main stresses within the line of at least six syllables which may also be made coherent by the use of alliteration , internal rhyme and assonance , as , for instance , in the first stanza : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . ) |
| 11 | Indeed before we even come to the characterization of characters within the drama we find the poem itself being apparently characterized one way but then characterized another in the opening three stanzas : ( As I travelled along a path I heard the tale of one , a spirited man , and proud ; he was wise in learning and splendid under his clothes , and clothed in fine array . |
| 12 | As I dug up a bronze Roman belt-stud , I realised that the site was a mixture of historical periods . |
| 13 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 14 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 15 | If you get a sudden whiff of musk as you walk along a path in the early morning , this is almost certainly fox and not badger , which is rarely powerful enough to hang in the air . |
| 16 | A further way of avoiding too much time in the air is to lift the back foot as you go over a wave , this helps to stop the nose lifting . |
| 17 | ALL RYE LIES BEFORE YOU as you sit round a grand , authentic scale model of this ancient town . |
| 18 | As you build up a number of scenarios , you can identify the cells that best show the results of your what-if constructions , and have the results of the various scenarios displayed side by side onscreen or printed . |
| 19 | Just place as many tiers as you need over a pan of simmering water of in the wok , and bingo ! |
| 20 | At 1.30am , a 46-year-old was assaulted as she walked alone Hospital Lane and at 3am he attacked a 22-year-old as she walked along a path at Greystone Road . |
| 21 | The eighteen year old was punched as she walked along a path in Campbell Park in Milton Keynes . |
| 22 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 23 | She was grabbed from behind as she walked along a footpath near Monks Way in Milton Keynes . |
| 24 | But , as she stretched out a hand to stroke the mare , Maldita moved even closer to Luke , flattening her ears and lashing out at Perdita protectively with a hind leg . |
| 25 | ‘ Miss Russell ? ’ she queried as she stretched out a hand to the phone . |
| 26 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 27 | A WOMAN who was spotted breastfeeding her baby as she drove along a busy main road was being hunted last night . |
| 28 | She paused and I could hear her brain cells creaking into action as she reached out a hand covered in enough costume jewellery to make a decent knuckle-duster . |
| 29 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 30 | As she swilled out a whisky , she caught the burning , envious eyes of her captive . |