Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shot her an enigmatic glance as she stepped on board the powerful speed-launch , scene of the dramatic rescue that first night . |
| 2 | Such variation reflects as much on the Authority 's style and the quality of its thinking as it does on the heads , and there is a clear need for much greater dialogue between the two levels . |
| 3 | Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor . |
| 4 | There 's no strain on the ears as you heap on the gas . |
| 5 | Hosanna could see it too , and would prick up his ears as he sat on her lap and focus on Gabriel moving around by the sink or fixing the green curtains at the window . |
| 6 | Proof that the XM performs just as admirably on the financial side as it does on the road . |
| 7 | Ultimately , a figure of £2,500 per episode was fixed by the planners , a result which had as much effect on the script side as it did on the production values . |
| 8 | ‘ They ca n't really be friends , ’ said Bernice as she worked on repairs to the faulty connection . |
| 9 | ‘ Rune , please , you do n't have to tell me this , ’ she pleaded , shocked by the emptiness in his eyes as they rested on her . |
| 10 | There was an odd glint in the lawyer 's eyes as they rested on Benedict . |
| 11 | His mouth twisted , a flash of antagonism in the depth of his eyes as they dwelt on her challenging face . |
| 12 | Alan Charleson , 52 , of Southport , Merseyside , was mowed down by a Romanian car as he stopped on the Hungarian border . |
| 13 | If this is the case , then you may well want lots of hardy infantry and plenty of missile troops to scythe down the opposition as they advance on your army . |
| 14 | He sounded friendly , his grim mood lifting as he concentrated on his driving and the island they were going to visit . |
| 15 | Such stories come creeping into my mind as I sit on set at Arsenio Hall 's Paramount studio , watching Soul II Soul rehearse . |
| 16 | This broad sketch helped me to explore the crayon 's versatility without using the final painting as a trial piece , it also helped keep the whole composition in mind as I concentrated on a specific detail in the finished painting . |
| 17 | His interior monologues convey the thoughts that pass through his mind as he lies on his deathbed and reviews his past life with a mixture of pride and guilt . |
| 18 | I stumbled off to be sick behind an armoured personnel carrier as he started on Marius . |
| 19 | Aware that Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em had a massive audience , ranging from children to grandparents , Crawford said , ‘ I then go and put myself before the public ’ as Billy Liar , whose first words as he comes on stage are along the lines of ‘ Christ Almighty , bloody , blimey ! ’ in a song . |
| 20 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 21 | The desire that he felt for Bowler , and which he admitted to David Tindle while this portrait was in progress , is made palpable in the finished work through the gentle , even pressure of the dusky light as it falls on the sitter 's head , hands and feet . |
| 22 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 23 | The call up the stairs made her compress her lips as she called on all her reserves of courage to face the ordeal ahead of her . |
| 24 | There is a seal from the Idaian Cave showing a priestess holding a triton shell to her lips as she stands on a step in front of an altar decked with sacral horns and sacred boughs ( title illustration , Chapter 2 ) . |
| 25 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 26 | Her tilted smile put the usual dent , something just less than a dimple , at the corner of her mouth as she pulled on a robe bought only three days previously , sumptuous emerald silk with an elaborate multicoloured dragon embroidered all over the back . |
| 27 | River rescue : Workman Anthony Robson , 33 , from Cleveland , was rescued from the River Tyne by marine police after falling from scaffolding as he worked on the Scotswood Bridge in Newcastle yesterday . |
| 28 | It is difficult to visualize now , but it must have been within this pavilion that the young Roshanara consulted her spies as she reclined on carpets beside the gently bubbling irrigation runnels . |
| 29 | She also had been able to put her feelings on hold as she concentrated on the problems facing her . |
| 30 | ‘ Get your clothes off then , ’ said this living girl as she sat on the bed . |