Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | " I promise you he 'll feel no pain , " I said as I filled the syringe . |
| 3 | My breath was like dragon smoke as I filled the kettle . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The tank was still covered as I assumed the eggs to be light sensitive . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , as I killed the horse , mother , I suppose I ought to go . |
| 7 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Although I was unemployed I paid my subscription as I knew the money would be put to good use . |
| 10 | I knew that voice almost as well as I knew the theme from Doctor Zhivago . |
| 11 | The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend . |
| 12 | I sobbed with fright , even as I addressed the one and only question which confronted me in such a dangerous situation . |
| 13 | ‘ I was jumping up and down in my seat as I heard the end of the race , ’ he said . |
| 14 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 15 | In the old days , as soon as I heard the dirge start up , I 'd reach for the OFF button . |
| 16 | The next morning , as I heard the story from Howard Samuel 's wife , Howard had remarked to her , ‘ Did someone telephone during the night ? ’ |
| 17 | As I heard the staff car approach I wandered out into the pale brown of the front garden . |
| 18 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 19 | It was an easy shot , but as I heard the bullet strike he bounded away . |
| 20 | As soon as I heard the word Deptford my ears pricked up . |
| 21 | That union supported me as I recruited the whole of the workforce and er , I was then sacked after four weeks ! |
| 22 | Awe of a different order touched me as I observed the intimidatingly sybaritic cafés lining the avenue , and I was almost overcome with a crise de nerfs when attempting to cross at Etoile . |
| 23 | I had occasionally seen his photograph as I skimmed the financial sections of the newspapers . |
| 24 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 25 | As I saw the circle moving in on Alfred , I realised that that voice had been his . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 28 | Later I turned and walloped back towards Berlin , by way of Magdeburg , with just the one tweak of the Tardis en route as I saw the signs for Potsdam . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 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 . |