Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wait two yards from the foot of the steps as they bring him out . |
| 2 | The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death . |
| 3 | He was dressed in a wide-sleeved ceremonial gown of dark silk and a soft hat embroidered with coloured threads partly hid his face from Lan and her brothers as they followed him through the doorway , walking barefoot between their father and mother . |
| 4 | The light , mocking note in his voice was acutely disturbing , as was the gleam in those deeply hooded granite-grey eyes as they studied her so intently . |
| 5 | Above all , she recalled the pride and happiness in Ludovico 's eyes as they met hers in the swirling crowd . |
| 6 | There were tears in her eyes as she hugged her . |
| 7 | What most humiliating was the odd glint that showed in her eyes as she studied me . |
| 8 | She , too , could be elusive , though she could not quite disguise the smile in her eyes as she said it . |
| 9 | Tears came into her eyes as she watched him , though she could n't have said why , but she did know it was something she 'd never forget , etched on her memory now forever . |
| 10 | Her excitement shone in her eyes as she showed him her sketches . |
| 11 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 12 | He held her eyes as he said it , making her heart skid inside her , the touch of his gaze suddenly so soft , so caressing , that it suffused her entire body with a glow of sensuous pleasure . |
| 13 | To his credit , not a flicker crossed his eyes as he said it . |
| 14 | His mouth found her parted lips with a sudden impatient roughness , and even in her drowning state of mindless arousal she thought she detected a flicker of surprise in his eyes as he felt her shudder against him . |
| 15 | He smiled a harsh smile and held her eyes as he told her , ‘ You may be able to offer Kirsty a comfortable single-parent home in London , but I can offer her a great deal more than that … ’ |
| 16 | Humour gleamed in the dark grey eyes as he understood her . |
| 17 | He smiled to soften the order , but there was no mistaking the glint of determination in his dark eyes as he held her firmly in front of him . |
| 18 | He closed his eyes as he set it down on its place , flattening it open under his left hand , and laid the index finger of his right hand upon the exposed page . |
| 19 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 20 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
| 21 | The people in the town may say ‘ Oh , he 's not all there , you know , ’ but that 's just their little joke ( and sometimes , just to rub it in , they do n't point to their heads as they say it ) ; I do n't mind . |
| 22 | We sang and drummed our way to Al Ain in an explosion of sound which riveted cars as we passed them . |
| 23 | These are not violin sonatas as we know them , rather sonatas for piano with violin accompaniment . |
| 24 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
| 25 | His fingers slipped between her thighs as she parted them as eagerly as a girl whose lover had returned from the wars . |
| 26 | Whether or not schools as we know them will exist in the future is uncertain but we can be sure that there will be information and that its importance will grow in social and economic terms . |
| 27 | It therefore bears scant resemblance to human relationships as we know them . |
| 28 | For it is Jesus as he was remembered and his words as we have them which have played the part which they have in western culture . |
| 29 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
| 30 | Then she heard all of them , crashing through brush and low branches as they followed her towards the road . |