Example sentences of "[pers pn] as [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I as I told you before , we was on the main concourse , heard the glass smashed , we come down a stairwell on , come round the back , saw the two , or saw two persons in the back garden , asked them what they were doing buy which time the the curtain went up in smoke , well up in flames . |
| 2 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 3 | She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her . |
| 4 | For his part he noticed , not the dress but the slender-waisted , full-breasted figure it adorned ; the pretty face and the abundant dark hair which the bonnet framed ; the large amber eyes which met his as he helped her in . |
| 5 | But I thought you were so experienced that it would n't have affected you as it did me . ’ |
| 6 | As we as I approached them , I saw flames coming from the the curtains . |
| 7 | The man , who can not be named , told police : ‘ I wanted to hurt her as she hurt me . ’ |
| 8 | The man told detectives : ‘ I only wanted to hurt her as she hurt me . ’ |
| 9 | Something clenched inside her as she said it . |
| 10 | Yet her heart fluttered anxiously inside her as she said it . |
| 11 | Dommer swung his flamer up to cover her as she twisted her handgun around . |
| 12 | He had n't said a great deal , content to look at her as she told him all about life in the convent and of the strange foibles of some of her companions . |
| 13 | She was conscious , as she marched angrily away , of his mocking eyes watching her as she made her escape . |
| 14 | David Fairfax would not let the subject go and went on questioning her as she showed him round . |
| 15 | Guilt , easily aroused , stirred within her as she guessed he intended it should . |
| 16 | Richard hugged her as she gave him the keys . |
| 17 | The two women grinned widely at her as she approached them and the elder of the two spoke after Ruth had tried haltingly to explain why she was here . |
| 18 | An odd tremor of expectation thrilled through her as she held his slightly mocking glance . |
| 19 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 20 | Educated at home , she in turn taught her younger brothers and sisters , which irked her as it prevented her from pursuing her own studies . |
| 21 | He glared at her as he dragged her along by the hand at top speed . |
| 22 | He turned towards her as he said it . |
| 23 | He did not look at her as he said it , but there was a sudden unmistakably sharp edge to his voice that warned Ronni that the smile had gone from his face . |
| 24 | ‘ With your colouring , you should wear that shade of green more often , ’ he told her as he ushered her into the dove-grey Daimler . |
| 25 | She clung to him , terrified he would drop her as he carried her upstairs to her bedroom . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll see you at the office on Monday morning , ’ Damian told her as he walked her home in the hot , humid night to her own villa next door and cicadas buzzed metallically as they walked past the fountain . |
| 27 | He had never called her that before ; nor had he ever touched her as he touched her now , his good right hand caressing both of hers where they lay atop the bedclothes . |
| 28 | Hands that had held her as he kissed her — Stop it ! she told herself . |
| 29 | Bill 's voice gave nothing away but Kelly noticed that he avoided looking at her as he gave them their orders . |
| 30 | Fran flushed even more , trying to draw away , but he would n't let her as he curled her to him and held her tightly until the ache subsided . |