Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 2 | Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ It was all the same and Emily watched me as I poured each cup . |
| 4 | As you recorded each shot , each shot-change was an edit , and the order in which the scenes are viewed on playback was decided by the order in which they were taken . |
| 5 | Affection , melancholy , and other emotions that eluded classification , surged and slopped inside her as she noted each detail as if for the first time — or as if for the last . |
| 6 | She spent the next hour jotting down notes as she processed each disk . |
| 7 | However , that morning she had found herself preparing the children 's sandwiches for school — as she did each day — by buttering newspaper instead of the bread . |
| 8 | She was making pot-pourri as she did each year , to fill the bowls in all the rooms . |
| 9 | Later , as we held each other , she said , ‘ But what about you , Karim ? |
| 10 | Ace made love to her in a silence made all the more potent when her roving caresses forced him to respond with a groan of pleasure as they touched each other intimately . |
| 11 | Whereas Siward , as a direct vassal of England , had appeared on every battlefield with his Northumbrian levies and knew their strength , as they knew each other 's . |
| 12 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 13 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 15 | There was silence for a moment as they held each other 's eyes , broken only by the faint sound of dance music from down below . |
| 16 | Finally , she abandoned herself to him once again , the moonlight playing on their bodies as they loved each other with a strength that surprised them both . |
| 17 | With many hand shakes and introductions , the candidates and their leader met as many people as possible as they visited each department . |
| 18 | There was an instant when both parties halted at gaze , no more than a quarter of a mile apart ; and though they were so far from him across the valley , he felt the shock of confrontation and recognition quiver through his own body as they measured each other . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope you 're hungry , ’ Luke remarked , as they faced each other across a beautifully appointed table in a restaurant overlooking the canal . |
| 20 | Two enormous sofas in a deep burgundy brocade looked hugely luxurious in contrast to the rest of the room as they faced each other across a low glass table . |
| 21 | The abbey church of St Ricquier , built in the 790s , had galleries in its apses , and choir screens round the area of some of its altars , with the idea ( as we know from the ritual order of its Abbot Angilbert ) of dividing the monks ' and boys ' choirs ; the building must have echoed to the sound of these choirs as they answered each other antiphonally from different parts of it . |
| 22 | They were silent as they undressed each other , their movements slow and sensual . |
| 23 | She drank with them as they pledged each other . |
| 24 | As it reached each tree in turn , the tree gracefully bent over , curving its trunk so that both roots and branches touched the ground . |
| 25 | Leonora quivered , her teeth caught in her lower lip as he kissed each breast in turn , his lips lingering over their slight curves . |
| 26 | He hummed the little tones as he pressed each key . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He had come as he did each day with bread from the baker 's iron oven that stood open to the lane in the souk . |
| 29 | He lifted the boy 's hand into his rough dry palm and poked at the pattern of bruises on both sides , scowling as he prodded each mark in turn . |
| 30 | Water belched out as he drenched each tree , pouring the costly stuff into the deep trench which circled their trunks . |