Example sentences of "a [noun] as [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EVEN the sophisticated Hollywood audience at the American Cinematheque tribute to Sean Connery , held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last weekend , were blushing a bit as they watched the raunchy video offerings from Dame Edna and Richard Harris . |
| 2 | Only the two ‘ star ’ dressing rooms had an extension in Clarissa 's theatre , and the Stage Door Keeper grumbled a bit as he climbed the stairs to call her down to his box by the Stage Door . |
| 3 | A DOCTOR was beaten up by a gang as he made a midnight call to the home of a dying cancer patient . |
| 4 | There was a scrape as she brought a taper forth from a tin box and leaned towards the fire to light it . |
| 5 | There was a click as he pressed the button opening the rear door . |
| 6 | Athelstan closed his eyes and breathed a prayer as he glimpsed the blue-black holes where the hungry ravens had pecked at the scrawny , whitening flesh . |
| 7 | Barney Summerville gave a grunt as he lifted the lightweight canoe off the car 's roof-rack . |
| 8 | There was a clatter as he dropped the handset . |
| 9 | Shiona sliced him a look as she took the child to her bosom . |
| 10 | He was hit by a truck as he crossed a road in Auckland . |
| 11 | There was a storm as we passed the southern tip of Cuba , and the ship I was on was smashed on to offshore rocks by the weather . |
| 12 | He handed her a blanket as she had no shawl and made sure it covered her head to keep out the cold . |
| 13 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 14 | He nodded and I could read more than one emotion in his face ; not just the dread of breaking the news to the famous owner but the distress of a horse-lover as he witnessed the plight of the beautiful animal . |
| 15 | She led the way up a flight of stairs , shouting a greeting as they passed the entrance to the ball-scryer 's receiving room on the ground floor . |
| 16 | As Henry signs the new treaty at the French court , the camera moves in to a close-up as he recalls the faces of the people who have been friends to him in more dissolute days , and have now followed him into battle . |
| 17 | He ran back and forth among the consoles , skidding to a halt as he found the controls he wanted . |
| 18 | Li Yuan called back , not turning , breaking into a trot as he crossed the flagged pathway between the hangar and the Northern Palace . |
| 19 | The moment passed and I slowed quickly , dropping to a trot as I approached the Bomb Circle , almost staggering into it , then flinging myself on to the sand inside to lie panting , heaving , gasping , staring at the grey sky and invisible drizzle , spread-eagled in the centre of the rocks . |
| 20 | Our pilot was said to be the best on the river , but every now and then there was a shudder as we touched a sandbank ; and there was so little water coming down from Aswan that we only squeezed through the lock at Nag Hammadi by all the passengers crowding into the bows of the Nefertari , while her crew hauled on ropes , chanting a shanty that might have been sung on the sunboats of the pharaohs . |
| 21 | She repressed a shudder as he took the bonnet and curled himself down onto the floor holding it daintily between his long fingers — which she had been careful to avoid touching . |
| 22 | But he ca n't repress a shudder as he recalls the day he learned of his wife 's death , at first being told that she had drowned . |
| 23 | I retaliated with detailed instructions on how to bowl off-breaks to left-handers on a drying pitch , and we eventually declared a truce as we watched the sun sink across the oil-storage tanks beyond the creek . |
| 24 | Splendid examples are a youth with a discus and a bearded boxer , his hand bound with thongs , the face almost a portrait as we understand the term . |
| 25 | There were piercing whistles , then a thump as they opened the boot , where the money was packed in cardboard boxes wrapped in plastic rubbish bags . |
| 26 | " Madam , Madam , five to come , " he hissed respectfully , his whisper turning into a sigh as he poured the amount required . |
| 27 | Consider the statement , ‘ Here is a piece of chalk ’ , uttered by a teacher as he indicates a cylindrical white stick held in front of the blackboard . |
| 28 | If you roll a misfire as you shoot the cannon then consult the chart below . |
| 29 | I hesitated only for a moment as I approached the shop , then walked straight in . |
| 30 | Anne was silent for a moment as she realised the implications . |