Example sentences of "[pers pn] as [noun] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A nasty suspicion presented itself to her as Rune drove into the courtyard outside his flat , parking the car neatly .
2 ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen .
3 For days Kartoffel stood below it as storms flashed across the vertiginous face of ice and rubble .
4 Sometimes Gabriel 's ghost was so physical , so vivid , that Lee would almost cry out to Larry to warn him as he moved through it between the kitchen and the living-room or walked over it as Gabriel lay on the carpet in front of the television .
5 She was still grimacing from the shock of it as Guido swept from the room , announcing over his shoulder , ‘ So , you 'd better deliver the goods — or else I will ! ’
6 He dropped his cigarette on the floor and stamped on it as Berger came round the corner , a rolled-up map under his arm .
7 Mountains of foam-streaked grey water humped and dipped all around them as Seawitch porpoised through the broken waves .
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