Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hardly believe his bad luck though in the sixth frame as Wattana fluked the first red and proceeded to compile a total clearance of 136 , the highest break of the tournament so far . |
| 2 | Tactfully she waited quietly as she noticed Helen 's tension , and as Sophie cut the last thread , covered the wound with antibiotic powder , and bandaged it up , Helen heaved a great sigh of relief . |
| 3 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 4 | We 're going off ! ’ screams every nerve of the BSM graduate 's 25 years of road driving as Brundle approaches the first corner at more than 120 mph and heels the car , its tyres wailing and jouncing on the limits of their purchase , across the corner . |
| 5 | Tass confirmed on Sept. 18 , 1989 , that two Japanese journalists had been selected , in line with a $12,000,000 agreement made in March 1989 with the Tokyo TBS television network , as candidates to give the first space broadcast from Mir at an unspecified date in 1991 , despite earlier protests from Soviet journalists that the decision was unpatriotic . |
| 6 | He went first thing next morning , though , and the innings closed on 270 as Holding became the fourth West Indian to take 200 Test wickets . |
| 7 | As Brezhnev told the 26th Party Congress in 1981 , ‘ The sovereignty of Afghanistan must be fully protected , as must its non-aligned status ’ . |
| 8 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 9 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 10 | Mr Rumback had been asleep slumped over his desk and just as Endill removed the last screw he awoke with a start . |
| 11 | Then , just at the moment when the full sacrilege of what happened is described , there is a change of tone as Rolle initiates the seventh rhyme scheme chiming with ryng , and refocuses the actions of hideous brutality as the means by which the voluntary ring-dance of love is patterned . |
| 12 | Edberg had nothing to offer as Becker took the second set triumphantly in just 27 minutes to a great roar from the delirious crowd . |
| 13 | Nicolo watched as Caroline spooned the last bit of tiramisu from her dessert plate . |
| 14 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as L to indicate the last version of the module , or as A to indicate that the next approved version should also be included . |
| 15 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as L to indicate the last version of the module , or as A to indicate that the next approved version should also be included . |
| 16 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as L to indicate the last version of the module , or as A to indicate that the next approved version should also be included . |
| 17 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as L to indicate the last version of the package , or as A to indicate that the next approved version should also be included . |
| 18 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as L to indicate the last version of the module , or as A to indicate that the next approved version should also be included . |
| 19 | It was eleven thirty as Yanto watched the last sling of timber disappear through the hatch opening high above his head and swing out of sight towards the wharf . |
| 20 | Keeper Walker pulled off superb saves from Johnston , Warzycha and Ebbrell as Everton ran the first hour . |