Example sentences of "as [noun] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lisa pushed the door open she felt a rush of antipathy at the sight of the dark figure seated behind the desk . |
| 2 | Kerry exclaimed as Lisa joined the other members of staff in the fabrics store-room to have a look at the damage . |
| 3 | As Lisa held the stone-hard gaze her heart was clattering . |
| 4 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
| 5 | And it was as Doyle swung the car out into the traffic again that he glimpsed the girl from the oriental-art shop . |
| 6 | A flicker of hope stirred to life , although it was accompanied by a shiver of horror , as Isabel saw the evil hidden once again behind the truth . |
| 7 | And as Morse left the pathology block , a quiet little smile of confidence could be seen around the chief inspector 's lips . |
| 8 | Ashenden himself now sat back in his armchair , crossed his lanky legs , and watched with slightly narrowed eyes as Morse took the sheet from him and proceeded to read the reconstructed conversation : |
| 9 | Iskandara had changed into black taffeta and her mother 's diamonds and James wore plaid trousers and a velvet jacket and a collar he loathed almost as much as Alexandra loathed the pudding , a high stiffened wing collar around which Murray had tied a bow tie of black grosgrain . |
| 10 | As Sheila told the story , everyone joined in her laughter , as though they too were remembering a shared experience , Annie too . |
| 11 | It had been a devastating rebuke from the quiet little fellow from California ; and as Sheila watched the hurt face of the formidable little woman from the same State ( was n't it the same Church , too ? ) , she almost felt a tinge of sympathy for Mrs Janet Roscoe . |
| 12 | Just as Luce reached the end there was a knock , and Rosa came in , carrying a dinner-tray . |
| 13 | Any general strategy for achieving this would be tentative ; a pragmatist judge would stand ready to revise his practice by enlarging or contracting the scope of what he counts as legal rights as experience improved the intricate calculations on which any such strategy would depend . |
| 14 | There were the droning of the engines of six hundred odd Dorniers , the screeches of the bombs as they dropped , the wail of the ambulance sirens , and the crash of the explosions as bombs hit the target . |
| 15 | As generations followed the pattern of the maze , the earth energies may have illumined their forms in just the way that they may have done with the cup-and-ring marks and the pilgrims ' tracks . |
| 16 | Just as Stewart reached the end of his term at Yonder , news began to filter through of his engagement — to a nurse at Tewkesbury General . |
| 17 | The roads were still hard so travel was fast and easy as Mandeville used the royal messenger service to obtain good food and warm beds at priories , monasteries , taverns or royal manors . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't forget to phone when you have the chance , ’ Myra said , shrugging her shoulders helplessly as Roman opened the door . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As Ben turned the boat into the tiny , box-like harbour the two sailors looked up from where they sat on the steps mending their nets and smiled . |
| 21 | Hendrique looked up as Sabrina entered the dining car . |
| 22 | The fact that striker Mark Hughes was dismissed in the 88th minute for a second bookable offence was almost forgotten as Ferguson reviewed the disaster . |
| 23 | The fact that striker Mark Hughes was dismissed in the 88th minute for a second bookable offence was almost forgotten as Ferguson reviewed the disaster . |
| 24 | As loads increased the general trend of design was however undoubtedly towards monocoque , or hard-skinned , monoplanes in which the loads , as far as possible , were taken in the skin . |
| 25 | As bidding pushed the price up , kennel manager , Clive Saddler put in a final offer of £105,000 , which was accepted . |
| 26 | A simulated dockside environment presents life in the days of Sail and Steam in the Docks as Cardiff became the greatest coal-exporting port in the world . |
| 27 | Rohmer was already moving to join them as Cardiff replaced the telephone receiver and pushed away from the reception desk . |
| 28 | The Police Constable with the bloodied nose blew into his handkerchief , glaring at Jimmy as Cardiff left the room with Lawrence . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't keep him waiting , Sister , ’ said David , as Sister left the bedside . |
| 30 | LAZIO striker Karlheinz Riedle scored a superb headed hat-trick as Germany beat the United States at Soldier Field , Chicago but it was a close-run thing . |