Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As Luce looked around her , enjoying the colourful scene , Michele asked , ‘ Where would you like to go now ? ’ |
| 32 | This should occur not only at the design stage but also as experience develops in operating the plant and data on actual failures and failure rates become available . |
| 33 | But even when children outgrow their biological needs , their tastes persist as passions turn to chocolate , cheeseburgers , chips and milk shakes . |
| 34 | Even as Felix drifted into sleep he thought it an evil omen . |
| 35 | After sorting out their unequivocal conclusion from those which were divergent they ended their work with a statement which underlined how managers as well as researchers need to be ready periodically to go over old ground ( Warburton and Southgate 1969 : 284 ) : It would be unfortunate if the mainly favourable tone of this report was taken to imply that the use of the initial teaching alphabet for beginning reading with infants was the final and only solution . |
| 36 | He was collecting for over forty years and , as Miller was a regular recipient of Bartram 's shipments , it can be assumed that ‘ a large proportion of plants credited to Miller as introducer consisted of collections by Bartram and if this is true he was probably responsible for the first appearance in the gardens of England of between one hundred and fifty and two hundred plants ’ ( John Hendley Barnhart , ‘ Significance of John Bartram 's Work to Botanical and Horticultural Knowledge ’ , Bartonia Special Issue , 1931 ) . |
| 37 | Indeed , the very specificity of their actions has provided a crucial tool in understanding these systems , as Langley showed with nicotine ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 38 | JONATHAN Davies scored 20 points as Widnes went on a scoring spree that took them into the second round of the Lancashire Cup . |
| 39 | As Shamir called for a show of hands , Sharon sprang to his feet and called upon delegates to vote against the inclusion of deportees from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in a Palestinian delegation to enter into pre-election talks with Israel . |
| 40 | But , as Olga said in her letter to me , one weeps more often because one is not free . |
| 41 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 42 | I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave … , " . |
| 43 | England withdrew from Fifa in 1928 , as discussions began for the organisation of the first World Cup competition , and remained disdainfully on the sidelines until 1950 , when England 's ‘ superiority ’ complex was quickly dissipated by a 1–0 defeat in a pool match against the United States . |
| 44 | Here , national subsidies are under continual threat of elimination as discussions progress within the ECSC and under the treaty . |
| 45 | The Bank of England is understood to be keeping a watch as discussions continue between Eurotunnel and its four agent banks , which include the Midland and National Westminster . |
| 46 | ‘ I 've got a big stick , ’ mentioned Punch confidingly to his audience , as Judy appeared with her baby . |
| 47 | Rushie fires four as Reds romp to Goodison glory |
| 48 | As Isabella makes towards the waiting Mercedes , one of the Germans shouts : ‘ But we 've come all the way from Hamburg . ’ |
| 49 | Pitched at simulators , signal and radar processing and energy systems , the one- to eight-processor machines are available as field upgrades from other Night Hawks . |
| 50 | He sounded so fiercely protective that she wondered sadly what it would be like to have a man care for her as much as Roman cared for Berenice . |
| 51 | Claudia pressed the door-handle in vain as Roman laughed at her efforts . |
| 52 | There was an endless pause , as Roman seemed to be weighing up this piece of sheer bravado . |
| 53 | Later , after work , I got a pretty good look at these new pants of ours , as Tod stood before the full-length mirror unknotting the plump Windsor of his tie . |
| 54 | It was , as Ben understood at once , seeing the surprised delight on his father 's face and the astonished horror on the face of the official taster , quite unprecedented , and made him realise how circumscribed the T'ang 's life had been . |
| 55 | Meg watched , horrified , as Ben scrabbled past her , the boat swaying violently , and tore at the teacher 's pau , exposing his chest . |
| 56 | ‘ Yes , that 's very welcome , ’ she agreed , quietly sipping a tall glass of orange as Ben explained to both her and Ross exactly what they 'd told the twins so far . |
| 57 | As Sabrina stood outside the hotel on the Place de la Gare staring up at the Cathedral 's spire silhouetted against the dark , sombre skyline , she let her thoughts drift back over the hours since their departure from New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport . |
| 58 | ANXIOUS people inundated Darlington police with calls as election canvassing in the town centre almost got out of hand . |
| 59 | As Parliament went into its long summer recess , it was quite clear that Margaret Thatcher was going to reshuffle the Cabinet and the betting was that the shuffle would be a major one . |
| 60 | In fact it usually turns out to be owned by a used-car dealer and staffed by elderly women who used to work next door at the cake shop and who know as much about mountaineering as goldfish know about pre-Cambrian pottery . |