Example sentences of "as [pers pn] made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 2 | I could watch her face as she made repeated revisions of her assessments of me of only a few moments before . |
| 3 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 4 | A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away . |
| 5 | The only real characteristic of each day was that it was the same as the day before and to give any account of such days in strict sequence would make as tedious reading as it made tedious living . |
| 6 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |
| 7 | Robbie observed him through lowered lashes as he made hearty inroads on the food . |
| 8 | As he made furious attempts to shake them off , a sheet of orange abruptly whooshed and enveloped the car . |