Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] car " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 2 | Important items of equipment have mysteriously gone missing : a headtorch , which was on my head as I returned to the car at the end of a Wasdale winter expedition but was nowhere to be found when I arrived back home ; or the key , map and information to a hut in Wales for which my club had recently gained reciprocal rights — all three items vanished between locking up the hut on our departure and arriving back home in South Cumbria . |
| 3 | I called over my shoulder as I trotted towards the car . |
| 4 | When they arrived at the college , it seemed even more forbidding than it had in daylight , and as she walked from the car towards the entrance , Loretta felt as though she were about to cross a threshold in time as well as space . |
| 5 | She did n't seem to have bought much ; she tossed me a box of matches as she got into the car . |
| 6 | Iris , you 've got an admirer , murmured Melissa to herself as she got into the car . |
| 7 | As she leaned into the car , the attacker grabbed her and tried to pull her into the vehicle . |
| 8 | Outside , the rain was coming down in drenching sheets , and she huddled into her jacket against the driving wind as she hurried to the car . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me home , ’ she said in a light voice , and David glanced briefly at her as she climbed from the car . |
| 10 | Merrill thought , as she sat in the car as far away as possible from him . |
| 11 | The driver looked on sentimentally as she alighted from the car and made her way down the path . |
| 12 | A glance at her watch as she turned to the car park told her she was not doing too badly after all . |
| 13 | Of course , Caroline thought as she settled inside the car . |
| 14 | She brushed past Penry , eluding the hand he put out to detain her as she ran outside to the car , deaf to his entreaties as she jumped in the car and started it up with a violent rev of the engine . |
| 15 | As we got into the car I looked at Eva and she smiled at me . |
| 16 | As we got to the car , I stood back from them and said , ‘ You can do this to me once , but you ca n't go on doing it . |
| 17 | As we get into the car , he nags because I have n't put my seatbelt on . |
| 18 | Rory smiled as they walked towards the car , him supporting the limping boy . |
| 19 | But as they walked towards the car park , buttoning up their coats against the frost , footsteps came up quickly behind and Pascoe joined them . |
| 20 | As they walked to the car , Nicky tried to slip his arm around her waist . |
| 21 | Their fingers were linked as they walked to the car , but her body clamoured for more . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps this trip is a good idea after all , ’ he rasped quietly as they came to the car almost together . |
| 23 | She knew immediately that Roman 's mood had changed ; he was looking as grim as when they had first met , but he said nothing as they got into the car . |
| 24 | As soon as they got in the car and were clear of the port , the girl said : ‘ Can we stop for a moment ? |
| 25 | A PAIR of teenage sweethearts suffocated as they cuddled in a car inside a garage . |
| 26 | ‘ They could n't sell it after what happened , ’ said Preston as they sat in the car together at the end of the cul-de-sac . |
| 27 | As they swept past the car , a Daimler , Rennie caught sight of the driver 's face . |
| 28 | Then she thought of Miss Clinton , and of her daddy and his white face as he ran to the car to chase Miss Clinton — and of poor Aunt Nellie and her scared eyes when she realised what she 'd done . |
| 29 | The temperature had dropped during the night , and the dead leaves underfoot were bearded with ice ; they broke and crackled as he limped around the car and opened the trunk to get his kit . |
| 30 | ‘ You Inglis Johnnies all look alike to me , ’ mocked Bodie , as he got into the car . |