Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are said to have explained that they were looking for the conductor to buy their tickets as Stonehouse station did not sell tickets at that time of night . |
| 2 | Li Yuan turned away , hearing the giggling that went on behind his back as Fei Yen went across to help her cousin . |
| 3 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |
| 4 | MINI MARVEL Lyric Fantasy blitzed the big boys at York yesterday as Richard Hannon set out to win the trainer 's title in one hit . |
| 5 | She sought to ‘ pacify ’ Miss T. and did not think that there was any problem as Miss T. did not need a blood transfusion . |
| 6 | The problem was no longer , as Linda Nochlin had famously asked , ‘ Why are there no great women artists ? ’ |
| 7 | Murphy wanted her to stay by the first fire of the autumn and be waiting there with the tea table , as Aunt Emily had always done ; but he knew , after just over two months of Alexandra 's rule , that it was pointless even to look his disapproval . |
| 8 | You heard that ching sound again as Frank Braden shifted around to face the ex-soldier . |
| 9 | Belinda thrilled at once to the beauty of it all , and knew that she would enjoy the opportunity of finding out more about where all these lovely things came from … if she took the job , she reminded herself hastily , just as Dr Russell had recently done , even while she suspected that the matter was a foregone conclusion . |
| 10 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 11 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 12 | He was , as Maurice Saatchi had once pointed out , the most prolific Tory novelist since Benjamin Disraeli . |
| 13 | There was little time to reflect on the implications as Prince Charles had already asked her to Balmoral for the weekend of the Braemar Games early in September . |
| 14 | There was only a handful of mourners at Gillamoor Church , as Uncle George had rarely gone out of the little dale . |
| 15 | Dr Ali smirked at Robert as Mr Mafouz went through to join the other parents . |
| 16 | And consider , as Mrs Browning had never done , the close proximity in which servants lived in these rented apartments — it was very often more than flesh could stand . |
| 17 | Well it was looking that way , as Glenn Hoddle closed in to shoot . |
| 18 | Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom . |
| 19 | ‘ And I wo n't stay , ’ she added as Loopy Lil reached out to take her hand and lead her downstairs . |
| 20 | Gratitude had nothing to do with it , as Mae West did n't say . |
| 21 | Compounding the problem was the fact that , as far as Coleman knew , no such person as Thomas Leavy had ever existed . |
| 22 | It was a time of high political tension as Margaret Thatcher had recently resigned and Neil Kinnock was making the most of it as he held a press conference in the showroom , flanked by the two candidates , Gordon McMaster for Paisley South and Irene Adams for Paisley North . |
| 23 | The second goal came on 6l minutes ; the Newcastle defence ; the worst in the entire league lived up to its reputation as John Durnin raced through to score . |