Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes scored twice , the second another solo effort , while Shane Tibbetts and Gander both showed a turn of speed as they increase the try tally . |
| 2 | Burkett observed that money could even buy speed as they swung the precisely crafted oars through the beautifully modelled oarlocks . |
| 3 | Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor . |
| 4 | They sing the songs of Florence Reece , who wrote Which Side Are You On , and of Sarah Ogen Gunning , author of such great songs as I Hate the Capitalist System . |
| 5 | Greg thought back on the Hilda he had known with a surge of affection : he could almost see her , chuckling over the typewriter as she composed the letter . |
| 6 | He heard the coffee-cup as she put it down , then the soft swish of her skirt as she crossed the room and sat on the chair again . |
| 7 | The uncles and my father , jolly and unsuspecting after an evening 's celebrations , blundered in with their sacks of bounty ; the tins and cutlery crashed round their ears as they pushed the door open . |
| 8 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 9 | The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend . |
| 10 | I sat high by the bow like a proud salvaged mermaid as we entered the canal at Dochfour leading to Inverness . |
| 11 | Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll endeavour to employ a shade more vigilance than you did , ’ she returned lightly , then cocked her head to one side as she heard the sound of a siren . |
| 13 | Gwen Bunker looked from one man to the other , cocking her head to one side as she appraised the merchandise . |
| 14 | Her left arm was now under control , staying loosely by her side as she used the other arm and moved around . |
| 15 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |
| 16 | Forty years later , I sat in the drawing-room of his home at Sevenoaks in Kent , watching him shake his head vigorously from side to side as he contemplated the ruins of his own efforts to resolve the Palestine problem . |
| 17 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 18 | And the new consumer awareness made increasing demands on manufacturers as we entered the great and glorious age of the hypermarket and out-of-town superstore . |
| 19 | This time Allen and Dicks were cautioned , Allen fortunate not to be shown a red card as he harangued the referee . |
| 20 | He looked over the card as he delivered the oath , which he knew by heart , and saw the incongruous green of an army uniform through the glass of the doors . |
| 21 | Lawrence was lifted shoulder-high by fans as he acknowledged the applause and the delight of the assembled Boro faithful . |
| 22 | The wind tore at their trouser legs as they circled the cage , and Erlich smiled his admiration of the great stone circle . |
| 23 | She really wanted them to burn tonight , to feel the heat between their legs as they watched the glowing monitors . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's a nice old boy , ’ says Fairfax as we watch the laibon counting in his cattle . |
| 25 | Devlin could hear the sounds of shooting as they descended the steep stairway . |
| 26 | The budget would still be a tight one , but it would be geared to maintaining business investment as we approach the post-1992 European single market , and limiting the effects of the recession on business . |
| 27 | They dragged their steps as they approached the villa . |
| 28 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 29 | In Moscow , the screen-watcher was unaware of all this drama and emotion as he tracked the Citation across north-west Russia and into St Petersburg . |
| 30 | WARRINGTON General Hospital consultant Barry Taylor shook with emotion as he described the savage injuries of the bomb wounded . |