Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's javelin maestro confesses he has no idea when he will be back in action as he struggles with a stubborn injury to his throwing shoulder . |
| 2 | Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor . |
| 3 | Southern Memories won in the style of a well handicapped horse as he cruised to a three-length win from Special One at Windsor last week . |
| 4 | The modest target posed no problems for the bubbling Pontblyddyn side as they stormed to a winning 67–3 in the 20th over , opener Mark Hughes ( 31 ) and Mark Williams ( 16 ) ensuring that shell-shocked Colwyn missed out on a zone semi-final . |
| 5 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 6 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 7 | One man was shot four times in the legs as he went for a walk . |
| 8 | A long-eared owl sat on a low bough overlooking the ride and watched them unblinkingly through his great eyes as they passed within a few paces . |
| 9 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 10 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |
| 11 | ‘ This is difficult , very difficult , ’ said one Bosnian soldier as he crouched in a trench about to sprint across open ground under the sights of Serb gunners . |
| 12 | It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister . |
| 13 | Tragic Linda Wolage , 28 , and her husband Andrew were catapulted into a garden by a careering car as they returned from a day out at the zoo . |
| 14 | A man has been killed after riding on the boot of a car as it drove across a seaside caravan site . |
| 15 | Officers saw the car as it went through a red light in Chester Road , Birmingham , at about 3 am . |
| 16 | A BABY 'S skull was fractured yesterday after he was thrown from a stolen car as it overturned in a crash . |
| 17 | Having consumed two lengthy paragraphs of structural information , the reader is assured , " All this provides useful information which we need to keep in mind as we move towards a more linguistic analysis of the poem " . |
| 18 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 19 | Safety is also uppermost in mind as he works as a lifeguard . |
| 20 | More accurate performance feedback as it comes from a number of sources |
| 21 | Oh , I have seen that boy 's face full of fear as he stares through a window at me passing in a swirl of snow . |
| 22 | Charlotte followed obediently at his heels as they walked through a district of narrow , dirty streets . |
| 23 | Orientate this drawing as you do with a map when flying . |
| 24 | He was quoting Aristotle , who had drawn the same conclusion three centuries before , and Plato 's view of the poet as one possessed by a ‘ divine madness ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's getting popular , ’ said Markby as they squeezed into a corner settle near the fire . |
| 26 | TSB invite readers to attend Saturday 's local County finals , which take place at the Bebington Oval , to cheer on Merseyside 's budding Christies and Gunnells as they fight for a place in the Merseyside team . |
| 27 | Excitement reduced Powell 's commentary to a stream of consciousness as he sprawled across a sofa in the living room of his Oxfordshire home . |
| 28 | Wondering what would happen I tried pulling up on the boom as I went into a turn . |
| 29 | She choked and spat out some seawater and then swallowed a lungful as she went into a spasm again . |
| 30 | Police are hunting a man who snatched a woman 's handbag as she walked to a bank in Church Street , Hartlepool . |