Example sentences of "[noun sg] and as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few developed a liking for the racecourse and as it had been drummed into them to dress correctly for every occasion , somehow they managed to provide themselves with the obligatory long trailing gowns by lending each other clothes and accessories ; they appreciated the elegance of their suave escorts in tail coats and top hats . |
| 2 | It began to pick up speed and as it did so larger fireworks were detonated , so that showers of sparks and clouds of coloured smoke trailed behind like a peacock 's tail , green and red and blue . |
| 3 | A woman in the audience/church left in the middle of the performance/wedding and as she left she trod on the foot of the man at the end of the row . |
| 4 | one of them said , you know , he said how , how the hell how the hell can they say which directions the fire 's coming from ? but they , I mean some of them were saying like this mate he run out , he was going across this patch of open space and the soldier obviously saw a soldier and as he did that apparently he got shot through there and out the other side of him . |
| 5 | I have taken understanding how if the County Council do n't have any view on the level of conversions in the future and as I think Mr said also this will extend to small sites and green field developments , how they assess the environmental impact of their figure or indeed anybody 's figure , because clearly the environmental impact of conversions is very different from the environmental impact of either recycled urban land or green field development . |
| 6 | Domestic organic rubbish is slightly heated with an added chemical and as it decomposes liquid organic fertiliser begins bleeding into the soil . |
| 7 | Zeinab had set it up for Owen to meet her theatrical friends at their usual cafe and as she and Owen turned into the square , there they were , occupying their usual tables on the edge of the pavement . |
| 8 | Then strangely the sun began to turn black and the sky dark and as she breathed the shadow of his name she felt her legs folding beneath her and in a moment she had fainted . |
| 9 | The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly . |
| 10 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 11 | She saw the man emerge from the car and as they both turned towards the house she quickly shut the curtain . |
| 12 | I almost floated to the car and as I settled in my seat Beamish put his face to the open window . |
| 13 | In Butterfly , for instance , they open coral and as they mature turn green with a cream margin ; in Kagiri-nishiki the leaves are pale green , edged in pink . |
| 14 | fucking , fucking crap and as I was saying that my voice broke and I walked off and I started crying |
| 15 | I went out to the powder-room and as I was going back into the restaurant somebody tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 16 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 17 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 18 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 19 | He finished tying a big bow dead on Kim 's cleavage and as she turned to go , she winked at me . |
| 20 | A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . |
| 21 | A branch of the great plane tree had come down in the wind and as he ran back towards the Cages he saw that it had fallen right across the path where moments before he had been standing . |
| 22 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 23 | terms and conditions of engagement and as I said previously they are looking for us to provide them with spreads of expenditure of fees and , and Trevor 's looking into that . |
| 24 | Rachel leaned forward between the front seats of the ambulance and as she glanced down she saw that David 's knuckles showed white as he gripped his black case , his other hand on the door catch , ready to run ; Greg was gnawing the side of his thumb and behind her Nina was breathing deeply . |
| 25 | It is above a traiteur and as he makes love with Candice Riberon , they are bathed , marinated and fêted by the scents of the food from below . |
| 26 | J. Waller , Pears Terrace , Shildon : I was going to visit my granny and as I got to the bottom of the street there was a church or a chapel nearby which was flying a flag at half mast . |
| 27 | Leaden clouds had rolled in with the setting sun and as they neared Carvoeiro fat drops of rain began to splash on to the windscreen . |
| 28 | When you put the pointer over a Split box it changes into a double headed arrow and as you drag it into the worksheet it drags a thick bar with it . |
| 29 | She emerged from her apartment preceded by officers of the household and as she went along ‘ spoke very graciously , first to one , then to another , whether foreign ministers , or those who attended for different reasons ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us . |