Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lord , our Mass is over , ’ the choir sang in sweet , lilting voices as everyone walked down the hill into town once more . |
| 2 | Presentation of the cup was made by Ian Proudfoot , Group Finance Director to Halbert Oliver , Captain of Douglas Reyburn 's team as everyone gathered in the hotel after the match . |
| 3 | There was only the scratching of pens and the rustle of paper as everyone waited for the reply . |
| 4 | There was an instant relieving of the tension as everyone joined in the laughter . |
| 5 | ‘ Pollensa ? ’ she croaked , punching out her floor and raising her eyes skywards as everyone did as the lift doors slid shut . |
| 6 | As someone said at the time , ‘ I could believe him guilty of grievous bodily harm , but not grievous bodily charm . ’ |
| 7 | He stopped speaking as someone knocked at the door . |
| 8 | But while you 're doing that , I 'm trying to get the wages made up for — ’ began Josh , then exploded irritably as someone knocked at the office door : ‘ What is it now ? ’ |
| 9 | My relief grew rapidly as I warmed to the theory . |
| 10 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 11 | As I looked towards the right , however , along the other widespread arm of the building , something materialized there like a stain : light towards the dead dull end of the electromagnetic spectrum . |
| 12 | Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future . |
| 13 | Sadly , my euphoria evaporated as I looked through the rest of the magazine . |
| 14 | As I looked through the viewer I had the feeling , momentarily , that it really was what I had dreamed about for so long , a sort of crystal ball in which I could call up everything I had ever known . |
| 15 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 16 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 17 | Something clicked as I looked at the number . |
| 18 | Paul was trying to catch fish in a pool as I looked at the thing . |
| 19 | We were halfway along one side of the ship , and as I looked to the left I saw Oliver about fifteen feet away , staring out into the Channel . |
| 20 | As I looked round the hut , I knew that the mysterious man must have a very strong character . |
| 21 | As I announced at the end of the trial , I am immediately doing two things . |
| 22 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 23 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 24 | As I waited in the porch with the bridesmaids , I saw Shanti get out of the car , take her father 's arm , and walk towards us . |
| 25 | I felt the heat hit my face as I stared through the opening with narrowed eyes . |
| 26 | As I stared at the German with the white flag , I remembered ( as no doubt the five Frenchmen lying beside me also remembered ) a short time ago in Amfreville a small party of Germans had surrendered and , as the Commando patrol approached , one of the Germans had lobbed a grenade , killing and wounding several members of the patrol . |
| 27 | As I stared at the display , the reflections of myself and Mr Broadhurst in the plate-glass window came into focus as well , imposed over the vista . |
| 28 | One of the birds shat on Gravel as I pedalled up the path to town on the Tuesday morning . |
| 29 | As I bit through the clingwrap on my sandwich , I gulped , and summoning indifference said , ‘ Oh why do you think that Brenda ? ’ |
| 30 | I started shaking and my shoes squeaked with apprehension as I shuffled on the lino . |