Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ari held Nathan 's hand as everyone greeted the dawn of the Solstice Day .
2 If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th .
3 ENGINE buzzing , wheels spinning , the go-kart whizzed around the track as everyone watched the daredevil driver …
4 There was a crash downstairs as someone knocked the record player over .
5 Then , just as someone mentioned the band were preparing to go on next door , my luck changed .
6 He heard a thunk as someone hit the crush bar on the inside of the stage door .
7 My heart gave a jump , then resumed something like its normal beat as I registered the fact that even in an empty house there were draughts , and doors moved and creaked with no one to push them .
8 " I promise you he 'll feel no pain , " I said as I filled the syringe .
9 My breath was like dragon smoke as I filled the kettle .
10 I weighed in by saying that for some reason it no longer appeared in the Radcliffe Camera , as I gathered the library had ceased to subscribe to it .
11 ‘ Well , as I killed the horse , mother , I suppose I ought to go .
12 I then slowly walked along Fulham Broadway in the complete darkness , as I knew the road past Halford School would be safe with the clergy around .
13 Although I was unemployed I paid my subscription as I knew the money would be put to good use .
14 I knew that voice almost as well as I knew the theme from Doctor Zhivago .
15 The next morning , as I heard the story from Howard Samuel 's wife , Howard had remarked to her , ‘ Did someone telephone during the night ? ’
16 In the old days , as soon as I heard the dirge start up , I 'd reach for the OFF button .
17 As soon as I heard the word Deptford my ears pricked up .
18 ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said .
19 It was an easy shot , but as I heard the bullet strike he bounded away .
20 As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’
21 That union supported me as I recruited the whole of the workforce and er , I was then sacked after four weeks !
22 I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time .
23 That went gradually , as I saw the cancer beating him , saw his skin stretched over his bones , saw the pallor creep over him .
24 None has arrived but if his death took place as I saw the angel pass I would not hear from my sister Ellen for some time .
25 I protested , waving my arms and running after her as I saw the possibility of getting into Ashley 's increasingly attractive body slipping away from me .
26 Once again I felt the mysterious pleasure of being in an elevated Oxford chamber at night , among cloud and star , — so that I seemed to join in the inevitable motion of the planets , — and as I saw the sea of roofs and horned turrets and spires I knew that , although architecture is a dead language , here at least it speaks strongly and clearly , pompous as Latin , subtle as Greek .
27 The mischief in my veins cooled as I saw the fear in his eyes .
28 ‘ There ! ’ he said abruptly and threw the plane straight again , but this time dropping the nose , and I saw a jeep churning dust from the dirt road which ran the length of the island 's long shank , between the golf course and the houses , and just as I saw the jeep so the red tracer bullets began climbing from a machine-gun mounted in the back of the vehicle .
29 As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his .
30 As soon as I saw the file , I knew it was the one I had stolen from Joe , and I knew that this man knew my convict .
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