Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] as [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 2 | ‘ Wo n't even look at 'er new battleaxe , ’ grumbled Ginger as they went on their way looking for money . |
| 3 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 4 | Computer Associates International Inc president Charles Wang and Sun Microsystems Inc president Scott McNealy are to make a joint announcement today ( Monday ) , and were keeping tight-lipped as we went to press . |
| 5 | Mrs Lomax did n't exactly shrink back , but she seemed nervous as she glanced over the instruments . |
| 6 | Their absence cost ‘ Quins , who lost 25–14 , a victory which enhanced the Saints ’ title ambitious as they moved to third in the table , one point behind leaders Orrell . |
| 7 | Looking relaxed as he arrived in Stratford-on-Avon , the prince appeared unconcerned at the reported anguish surrounding his friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles . |
| 8 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 9 | The corridors seemed endless as he ran through them . |
| 10 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 11 | Nathan , on the other hand , we are sure , did not feel inferior as he served under David 's rule and was not the least bit reticent about confronting him with his sin . |
| 12 | NIHAT CILASUN : a 15-year-old boy , Nihat Cilasun was shot dead as he ran towards his home carrying bread , during a curfew announced after disturbances in the City of Cizre at the time of the Kurdish New Year ; |
| 13 | A FATHER of four was shot dead as he sat in his home with his five-year-old daughter on his knee last night . |
| 14 | Gironella 's solution was entirely individual : to focus on the art of the European past , looming large as it did in Latin American consciousness regardless of how often it had been declared dead and buried by Europeans . |
| 15 | From his vantage point astride Fleet , a chestnut police horse , PC Schrosbree could afford to look happy as he presided over the slow-moving queue . |
| 16 | ‘ To me too , ’ said Yeremi Valence , sidling close as they proceeded along the grey , gargoyle-ventilated corridor past rows of sconces bearing scrimshaws mounted in silver reliquaries . |
| 17 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed and 50 wounded . |
| 18 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed . |
| 19 | It was getting dark as we got to the mountains of Burma . |
| 20 | Paul Wakefield , 27 , of High Moor Road , was assaulted and knocked unconscious as he walked along Northgate just after 8pm on Friday . |
| 21 | It was all so innocent but Fred 's face had darkened and he had become quiet as he went about his work , the occasional grunt of irritation replacing the tuneless whistling and humming that usually emanated from the kitchen . |
| 22 | His fur leggings became saturated as he paced around the edge . |
| 23 | Everyone had seen her arrive during morning assembly , her hair hanging loose as she leaned on a heavy walking-stick for support . |
| 24 | Asik became angry as he thought of all the people in his village who could have been saved by the fruit in the lorry which had just passed him , throwing up bucketfuls of dust into his face . |
| 25 | Hands up all those who 've received an indecipherable fax , where the print quality is appalling , where a staple has scratched the scanner , where the original document got stuck as it passed through the sending machine . |
| 26 | But the figure leapt through the air onto the next shelf and Endill watched helpless as it disappeared into the darkness . |
| 27 | My earliest recollection of Fred was when , as a schoolboy , I watched spellbound as he returned to his home in Belfast holding aloft the old Claret Jug , signifying his victory at Hoylake in 1947 . |
| 28 | Streetlight timers were cutting in and the lamps were glowing red as she pointed to a space and asked Carson to pull in . |
| 29 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
| 30 | His arms and legs flew wide as he cartwheeled over the hood and fell in a motionless heap in the dusty road behind them . |