Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 2 | Once upon time , a Royal Banker of elevated rank noticed as he drove to the City on the morning of the Queen Mum 's birthday that the flags were not flying on the most relevant of our buildings . |
| 3 | The floor tiles were cold but she hardly noticed as she tiptoed to the door and looked into the kitchen . |
| 4 | How did you feel as you came to the end of your working week yesterday afternoon ? |
| 5 | They suffered considerable prejudice and criticism , adding as they did to the already excessive pool of surplus urban labour , though in practice they concentrated in trades , such as tailoring , in which there was relatively little competition . |
| 6 | Notice that the quantity of bills increases as we move to the left along the axis , away from the origin . |
| 7 | Residents in nearby villages had watched as it plummeted to the ground , frighteningly near their homes . |
| 8 | ‘ No inspiration there for you , ’ Morgan commented as they walked to the elevator . |
| 9 | ‘ Remarkably well under the circumstances , ’ Kolchinsky replied as they walked to the lift . |
| 10 | Its colour was of brilliant red on the left hand side , but dispersing as it went to the right ending up a pale green colour . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't afford me , ’ she giggled as she fled to the bathroom . |
| 12 | ‘ Like as I said to the General , miss , the young gentleman 'll have to be worse afore he 's better . ’ |
| 13 | Elizabeth collapsed as she walked to the pool with her dad , mum Arlene , 32 , and their two other children — Caroline , 10 , and David , 9 . |
| 14 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 15 | Even so , the same rule applies as it does to the lectern : never let the speaker adjust the screens to fit his height . |
| 16 | His two companions , however , sniggered as I referred to the great cardinal , affairs of state , and finally to the Luciferi . |
| 17 | Their fingers were linked as they walked to the car , but her body clamoured for more . |
| 18 | Perhaps that would explain it , why he 'd lost his composure with Antonini , why he 'd reacted as he had to the woman . |
| 19 | ‘ No other archaeological museum relates as we do to the ancient lands of the Bible ’ . |
| 20 | Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case . |
| 21 | Attempting to reconcile such figures as these with the fixed number of seats to be filled , the STV resorts as we know to the devices of transfers and quotas . |
| 22 | Lord John laughed as he went to the sideboard where he helped himself to toast , ham and coffee . |
| 23 | She shivered as they crossed to the west hill . |
| 24 | She spread her towel over a cushion so that she could lean her damp , aching head against it , then shivered as she listened to the howl of the wind outside . |
| 25 | She shivered as she went to the door , but all at once she recalled what she had been about to do when Benedict Beckenham had made his astonishing appearance . |
| 26 | As a result of raids on the taverns and cheaper brothels ( the high class brothels are not touched as they belong to the military ) , the small women 's cell becomes absolutely packed . |
| 27 | Two of the Presidential guardsmen were giggling as they pointed to the name of the village that was his target . |
| 28 | Ven enquired as they came to the end of the meal . |
| 29 | The European Court 's teleological approach can be seen once again in the passage cited from that judgment , referring as it does to the ‘ purpose ’ and the ‘ result pursued by ’ the directive . |
| 30 | " I saw Slater heading out the door with some rug-chested young Romeo , " Mr Hunter said as they got to the second-floor landing in the big house . |