Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were n't wrong , those girls , ’ thought Marie as she listened to Bella clashing the crockery in the kitchen , her walking-frame squeaking over the lino as she pushed it about . |
| 2 | He windmilled them at speed in improbable directions , knocking over the Perks as they rose to their feet . |
| 3 | He peered closely at Penny as she dropped to the ground . |
| 4 | Roirbak said to Tammuz as they walked to the hangar where the company rotor was housed . |
| 5 | ‘ Whoa there , lass , ’ said Jake as they came to a halt . |
| 6 | JTR did not land on Coll but sketched part of the village from the St Clair as she hove to in the bay for disembarking passengers and goods . |
| 7 | ‘ This historic loco is just the attraction and boost we need in a recession , and I 'm confident it 'll be just as popular with the public in Devon as it proved to be on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 9 | The silky attacking class and defensive composure of the newly-crowned Russian champions proved all too much for Liverpool as they slumped to a defeat which equalled their heaviest on aggregate in Europe . |
| 10 | Melody grabbed Seb as he leaned to one side and began side-stepping towards the blazing wood-fire . |
| 11 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 12 | She brought as a present a portrait of Mother Mary as she appeared to the children at Fatima , executed by someone of sentimental disposition , and a statue of the Virgin Mary , the mould fashioned by someone of a melancholy and austere frame of mind . |
| 13 | The car , a 1986 Chaika that owed its style as much to the 1958 Cadillac Eldorado as it did to the people 's revolution , sped along a country road . |
| 14 | " And if you 'll undertake her education in addition , " said Andrew as he came to the end of his story , " I would be much obliged . |
| 15 | Compassion swept through Gina as she responded to the agony of his humiliation , but still she remained silent , sensing his need to continue his confession without interruption . |
| 16 | Solaris 2.1 was expected to make its official debut on Intel Corp iAPX-86 boxes at this week 's SunSoft Software Developers Conference being held in San Jose as we went to press . |
| 17 | Forty years earlier , modern architects and town planners in the West would no doubt have made pilgrimages to the demolitions and building sites in Bucharest and around Romania as they had to Stalin 's new Moscow . |
| 18 | It occurred to Thomas as he listened to her that Sara had not changed a whit in the whole time they had been married . |
| 19 | Then , as she watched , a light came on in one of the upper rooms , and she shifted uneasily as she recognised Luke as he came to the window and looked out . |
| 20 | She glanced defiantly at Vass as she rose to her feet . |