Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 2 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 3 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 4 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 5 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 6 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 7 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 8 | Sure enough , as soon as Stuart touched them the row of trolleys slid forward . |
| 9 | Munro sat at his desk in the Haston Place flat and listened intently as Carter gave him the gist of his conversation with Vargas . |
| 10 | When I knit the waistband of a skirt ( using separate method ) , I return the skirt in two halves , but , as Val reminded me the other day , it is quicker to do it all at once and here is the method : — Join back seam ( sideways knitted skirt ) or all seams . |