Example sentences of "as [art] car [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the car drove off , Chrissie stood in the street and watched it out of sight . |
| 2 | He was eating a bacon sandwich and hurled the crusts into the gutter as the car drove off . |
| 3 | Evelyn pleaded as the car rocked over a series of ramps . |
| 4 | But as the car sped on , it was still very much on her mind that with her car lifeless , the garage mechanics the only people able to put some life back into it , she 'd had no option but to leave her car back there . |
| 5 | They drove through the brightly lit city streets of Tsimshatsui , and it was like hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere ; Rachel felt she was being shaken till her teeth rattled as the car sped up through the cross-harbour tunnel into Causeway Bay , past the bobbing sampans and the escort clubs , speeding towards Central District along the harbour road , traffic everywhere , horns blasting in her ears … |
| 6 | But then as the car sped out of the rubber groves and down a steep hill towards another village Joseph stiffened in his seat again . |
| 7 | Ronni detached her gaze from his in an effort to hold on to at least some of her displeasure and paused to glance curiously about her as the car sped along a dusty highway through a bright summer vista of parched scrubby fields . |
| 8 | We bounced against the roof as the car banged in and out of each one . |
| 9 | She still felt full of inner disquiet as the car zigzagged out of town and started to wind its way up to her host 's home . |
| 10 | ‘ I managed to get away a touch early , ’ the endocrine specialist said as the car slid out of the parking bay and into the main driveway , then wound through the open , grassy grounds to join an arterial road that ran along the winding Brisbane River . |
| 11 | As the car chugged down the M1 motorway I stopped cursing my bad luck and thought of how we could have made the first descent if only we had concentrated on the job in hand and not got the press involved or told so many people all about our daring endeavour . |
| 12 | I heard them laughing still as the car pulled off down the lane . |
| 13 | She surfaced as the car slowed down and turned sharply to the right . |
| 14 | As the car moved off , the man strode into the road as if his intention to confront Elliott had simply been mistimed . |
| 15 | Sweeping into Battersea Park , the anti-lock brakes show to advantage as the car pulls up in a flurry of leaves . |
| 16 | Lindsey sat up as the car swept round yet another bend , running gradually to a flatter , fertile coastal plain . |
| 17 | Carol looked up at the weathercock as the car drew up at her house in the cobbled square . |
| 18 | As the car drew up outside her flat she turned to Steven . |
| 19 | As the car drew up in front of the Lodge with a crunch of gravel , Detective Sergeant Allen strode out to meet them . |
| 20 | ‘ You bitch ! ’ he whispered as the car drew up in front of the country house hotel that her father had decided was good enough for the reception to celebrate the wedding of his only daughter to the reigning world champion . |