Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fresh squall tore the rainwater off the road surface , cascading it down so that they were riding in the inside of a waterfall as Trent powered onward in the lee of the embankment . |
| 2 | As Richard stood up in the boat , he could be seen to hesitate , not about what he wanted to do , but about procedures . |
| 3 | The police were called in as fighting broke out in the crowd between the rival sets of supporters . |
| 4 | But as Orton pointed out in the diary , as usual nothing came of it — not even after telling a man who tried to get in their way to ‘ piss off ’ . |
| 5 | As laughter rang out in the room , she nodded towards the band-leader and swung into her next song , a loud gutsy number far removed from the bittersweet love song she 'd opened the set with . |
| 6 | Shiona glanced round , startled out of her reverie , as Jake appeared suddenly in the doorway of the breakfast-room . |
| 7 | Here it 's even more difficult as Black lurches around in the kind of jacket and jeans ensemble sported TV by dapper TV supa-Scot Rab C Nesbit . |
| 8 | Here it 's even more difficult as Black lurches around in the kind of jacket and jeans ensemble sported TV by dapper TV supa-Scot Rab C Nesbit . |
| 9 | As Meryl leaned forward in the alcove , poised to stand , Gladys emerged soundlessly from the ladies ' corridor , still wearing her garish dress . |
| 10 | Perhaps wisely they did n't react either , as farmers gathered noisily in the streets . |
| 11 | As Harry sat down in the chair Martha indicated , he glanced at Will , who , looking rather hot and red-faced , was now taking his place at the head of the table . |
| 12 | The original concept , as Miller set out in the preface , was ‘ to exhibit the figures of one or more species of all the known genera of plants ’ . |
| 13 | There seems to be some poetry rattling about in there , rather as air rattles about in the bowels , but to get it out with a proper report — that 's the trick ! |
| 14 | As dawn came up in the sky we made preparations to move back to our own lines , covering our withdrawal and keeping careful watch for any signs of the enemy . |
| 15 | His work as a paid negotiator caused him to travel through most of New South Wales arbitrating in disputes , taking part in conciliations and talking , talking , talking as industries grew up in the prospering state and workers flooded in from Britain , mostly from Ireland , to claim their share of what were meagre wages . |
| 16 | Stevie Gallagher 's shot was brilliantly saved by Andy Blackwood as Dunmurry came back in the second half but the visitors went two ahead through a penalty by Andy McMenamin and the cross from the right was turned in by Gareth Healey for the third with eight minutes left . |
| 17 | As Dawkins pointed out in the passage quoted earlier , nerve impulses look pretty much the same whatever ‘ information ’ they are carrying . |
| 18 | As Bodie took off in the cab , he flicked on his R/T and contacted Monteith , on watch again from across the road . |
| 19 | As earth gets up in the frosty dark , at the back of the Pole Star |
| 20 | He watched as Julie lay back in the canoe and moved under the bridge by pushing against the fiat underside with her hands . |