Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water . |
| 2 | And when it was not shouting him down as he tried to suggest that the powers of the courts were adequate , the conference heard Mr R. A. Butler pledge himself to a new building programme of short-sharp-shock Detention Centres . |
| 3 | He watched her back as she came to join them . |
| 4 | He watched William 's face , wondering if he 'd forgotten , or blocked it out as he appeared to have blocked out so much else . |
| 5 | He pushed it back as he turned to look at her , and Ronni was aware of following every movement — the cursory flick of dark-tanned fingers through his hair , the accompanying tightening of one muscular shoulder , the sinewy ripple across his broad back . |