Example sentences of "as [noun] looked [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its drive stood a Japanese four-wheel-drive vehicle and as Meredith looked across the laburnum hedge at it , a woman of about her own age came out of the house , slamming the door crossly , got into the vehicle and reversed out into the road , driving off at speed . |
| 2 | The computer started to print out the bill as Adam looked at the picture on the front page of the newspaper . |
| 3 | The interesting thing , just in passing , that particular time of the year was not actually harvest time , and as Jesus looked over the harvest field it was n't the harvest field that was ripened corn , it was actually full of green shoots , and it is the harvest now is ripe , it 's plenteous because he was n't talking about that , he was talking about men and women . |
| 4 | As BR looked towards the 1970s and into the 1980s , it was realised that if InterCity was to survive the growing threat posed by the airlines and the rapid extension of motorways , train speeds would have to be lifted beyond the prevailing norm of 80mph start-to-stop between main business centres . |
| 5 | In a second , as Suzanne looked at the seated pair , Franca realised something . |
| 6 | As Mary looked at the couple , the fire seemed to die in her . |
| 7 | As Mary looked at the hole , she noticed something almost buried there . |
| 8 | His employers , Sun Life of Canada , yesterday offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer as police looked into the business dealings of the £40,000-a-year executive . |
| 9 | As Michael looked at the man sitting opposite , his fat ugly face grinning like a Cheshire cat 's , he felt an impulse to smash his fist into his teeth . |