Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] as [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll be ready for you , ’ Rachel said tightly , her eyes hostile as she looked at him through black lashes . |
| 2 | She waved him in to the sitting-room , and Piers looked up as they entered , his eyes expressionless as he took in the identity of the visitor . |
| 3 | She felt unrested , her eyes heavy as she stared into the fire for the truth was that she had slept very little and , when she did drift off , dreams of being in Craig 's arms tormented her . |
| 4 | Juanito shook his head clear as he rounded on Trent . |
| 5 | How far this reorientation extended was likely to depend at least as much upon the responses of Western governments and the behaviour of the other states concerned as it did upon the Soviet authorities themselves . |
| 6 | With a take-off at 0815 hours on the 10th , GR 3 RF325 was to spend seven hours airborne as it flew from St Mawgan for flypasts at St Eval , Pembroke Dock , Ballykelly , Aldergrove , Kinloss , Topcliffe and back to ‘ Mawgan . |
| 7 | They crossed over quietly enough , Athelstan smiling as he passed through the gateway at the far end on to Fish Street Hill . |
| 8 | But it is not clear yet whether after the formalities are over , the Prince will be rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty as he did on two previous visits to Mr MacKillop 's 92 acres of arable croft on Berneray . |
| 9 | I remember feeling a bit disappointed as I went to school on the morning of my birthday — I 'd rather have stayed home and finished the aviary . |
| 10 | He says a rape in daylight involving an 11 year old as she walked to school is particularly serious . |
| 11 | He dominated the conversation , holding the Hackett and Townshend women spellbound as he told of how he had broken up a white-slave ring in Dublin , and how he had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death . |
| 12 | Poacher Marino Malerba , 35 , shot a stag dead as it stood on an overhanging rock in Trento , Italy . |
| 13 | ‘ So Father was forced to make a choice between Mother , and his fiancée and Venice , ’ she said , her face soft as she thought of the power of romance . |
| 14 | ‘ Did I kill him ? ’ she whispered , her face pale as she stared at the weapon . |