Example sentences of "[verb] as [pron] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daunton asks the searching question : ‘ did the private market as it existed in the decades before the First World War fall , or was it pushed ? ’ |
| 2 | Eva grumbled as she stood in the cold , carrying her case . |
| 3 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 4 | Seagram 's victory in the 1991 Grand National was an extraordinary coincidence occurring as it did in the final year of the company 's sponsorship of the race . |
| 5 | To questions about tax and public services , the public responded as it did in the days of Thatcher : by denying her creed of the Rich Samaritan and countering with approval for self-sacrifice and public services . |
| 6 | But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas . |
| 7 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 8 | Penry stood at the foot of the stairs , frowning as she plugged in the transistor to listen to Radio Four while she ate . |
| 9 | With a few minor amendments ( such as the deletion of paragraph numbers and cross-references to the relevant numbered paragraphs in earlier chapters ) they are presented as they appeared in the final report . |
| 10 | ‘ What can I do ? ’ he says as we walk in the fields near his home in Gerrard 's Cross , Bucks . |
| 11 | ( This belligerent insistence on Washington 's right to behave as it chose in the interests of US ‘ security ’ must have aggravated Cuban fears . ) |
| 12 | Outwardly he was calm and composed as he walked in the warm evening sunshine towards the House , but like the swans gliding serenely across the water , he too was paddling like hell underneath . |
| 13 | She settled the old lady on a stretcher near the door , so that she could see the sunlit complex , and the happy holidaymakers laughing and shouting as they played in the pool , their conversations a mixture of Spanish and English . |
| 14 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 15 | Across the water , the loud hailers were blaring and squealing as they had in the winter , when Tzani-bey had caught and herded the Order . |
| 16 | From 9.30 to 5.30pm , 6 days a week , we smother the children with suncream , take them for walks , supervise those that can swim as they play in the water , feed them and entertain them with games . |
| 17 | I can not do as I like in the house . |
| 18 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 19 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 20 | The stars were fading , the half moon had set ; the land behind floated in the blind blackness , with nicks of silver where the leaves of certain trees shone as they moved in the breeze , as if it were an irregular and battered meteorite floating in the emptiness . |
| 21 | Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen . |
| 22 | A bell tinkled as he went in the shop . |
| 23 | The sandy-haired man 's eyes narrowed as he took in the possessive gesture , but he made no comment on it . |
| 24 | Soaked , muddy and dejected ; children crying and adults becoming ill-tempered ; people jostling , arguing and complaining as they slipped in the mud . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's a lovely thought , ’ she breathed as they sat in the shade to drink their wine . |
| 26 | The crowd had parted to let them through , and Kathleen 's fear for herself vanished as she took in the scene . |
| 27 | Evelyn watched her , terrified as she writhed in the dust , twisting the strands together . |
| 28 | The dispute — coming as it did in the aftermath of Tyndale — served to confirm the view that the teaching force was too independent . |
| 29 | ‘ Both officers ’ corpses were molested as they lay in the morgue . |
| 30 | A child was screaming in one of the flats , while two dogs were snarling as they fought in the wasteland beyond the apartment house . |