Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 2 | The first hour proved fairly turbulent , as we skimmed under some cumulus build-ups . |
| 3 | As we went down some steps and along a dark passageway , open to the sky , I recalled Maria 's visit to this terrible place , the night they 'd had Raoul here , the night Arsenio had wanted to kill Raoul and Osvaldo had forgiven him . |
| 4 | NOT everybody uses the woodworking apron for their original intention , as we learn from some members , and some complain that the pockets become filled with chippings if used for woodturning . |
| 5 | Behind her , in the distant heat haze , two thirsty rhinos raised a wall of dust as they lumbered past some waterbuck to a watering hole . |
| 6 | They lose their nous ( and , as they say in some quarters , their ‘ bottle ’ ) . |
| 7 | As they lurch with some aplomb through The Rolling Stones ‘ I Got The Blues ’ , Brokaw 's guitar falters horribly and the huddled masses groan in supplication . |
| 8 | A ‘ landmine ’ destroyed one vehicle , a patrol was ambushed as they spoke to some locals , and a foreign parachute and map were discovered on a beach after a tip-off . |
| 9 | Offensive odours which emanate from domestic or industrial premises can cause serious annoyance to persons in the locality , and inevitably give rise to public concern , spreading as they do in some cases over a wide area . |
| 10 | fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents . |
| 11 | Ian Ridley finds England 's Player of the Year straining at the leash as he gets in some practice against Sussex |
| 12 | She was still standing there now , waiting impatiently , as he glanced through some papers , scribbling notes here and there . |