Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in [noun] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Really , ’ sighed Mr Punch when he had got it all off his chest , ‘ from the outrages which have been late perpetrated , one might think that one was living now in London as it used to be a hundred years ago . ’ |
| 2 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 3 | They had complained it painted a picture of the IRA operating freely in Dublin as they claimed responsibility for shootings and bombings . |
| 4 | Here you will be transported backwards in time as you meander through the Victorian street , with its working craftsmen , and into the period rooms showing life as it was in Victorian times . |
| 5 | But as Lewis now saw them , Morse 's eyes seemed to grow significantly in circumference as they fell upon the result of the 3.15 : |
| 6 | For him the girl in the picture ‘ was made to seem perfectly in context as he had never been able to see people before ’ . |
| 7 | Mr May broke down in tears as he added : ‘ This is the saddest day I can remember in football . ’ |
| 8 | But Yugoslavia maintained restrictions which prevent the Soviet navy from coming ashore in Yugoslavia as it had in Egypt . |
| 9 | The Sabellian group complained to the bishop of Rome who reproached his Alexandrian colleague for careless language , and proclaimed that in God unity is prior to all plurality , which is found not in God as he is in and to himself , but in God in his providential relationship with the world . |
| 10 | Her voice trailed away in despair as she considered just how poor a husband and father Campion Price had been to his family . |
| 11 | Then , remembering her damaged thumb , she went back and examined the top rail , exclaiming aloud in excitement as she found a second thread clinging to the rough wood . |
| 12 | The whole meeting looked up in relief as he came back to the saloon . |
| 13 | The American boy apologized haltingly in French as he knelt to return the shivering pet to her , but once the animal was safely in her arms again she turned and fled shyly back to her father 's side without speaking . |
| 14 | He launched himself out of the chair to rescue a rapidly cooling cup of coffee , grimacing slightly in disgust as he indicated the pot . |
| 15 | Tears may start with howls of anger , then subside to sobs which seek attention for distress , and finally dry up in fear as we face our helplessness . |
| 16 | She almost cried out in shock as she saw Ana moving quickly across the old court , drifting like someone in a dream . |
| 17 | Ruth cried out in despair as his mouth and tongue teased her feminine core . |
| 18 | Barbara tried to follow , but Duvall slammed the door against her and she cried out in pain as he pulled it open again , grabbed her arm and threw her into the office . |
| 19 | She jumped back in surprise as she felt his fingers beneath hers , twined around the handle . |