Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SUNDERLAND rode their luck as they eased relegation fears with a 1–0 win at DERBY thanks to Don Goodman 's 16th-minute strike . |
| 2 | It was a struggle to hide her smile as he fulfilled her expectations . |
| 3 | Oh , what 's the matter with you ? her eyes asked her reflection as she retouched her lips , her boneless fingers taking forever to screw down the tube . |
| 4 | At six-thirty Kegan passed her taxi as it swung out across the courtyard . |
| 5 | FREEZING snow whipped our faces as we peered nervously down the slope . |
| 6 | The other girl made no attempt to hide her disgust as she turned back to the books lying before her on the table , and Rory felt her spirits sink still further as she headed for the door . |
| 7 | The wind caught his face as he closed the door behind him . |
| 8 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 9 | She copied the way Meredith bent his knee as he passed in front of the altar , and when he said November was dedicated to the souls in purgatory she lit a candle for the commercial traveller with the skin grafts . |
| 10 | Phoebe felt the tension prickling her belly as she lay down again . |
| 11 | He kicked his horse with a small , angry sense of mourning and followed Bicker as they made their way out of the square to the gates of the Rorim ; felt the wind rasp his face as they left behind the shelter of the buildings . |
| 12 | The wind buffeted her ears as she wondered again what had made Luke bring her to this particular place . |
| 13 | There was silence for a moment , and then Millie lifted her head as she said , ‘ He … he called me funny name . |
| 14 | After Peggy had been serving a while she muttered , ‘ Spotted a likely in the new wave , duchess ? ’ and the blue-eyed blonde with the full-lipped mouth shook her head as she said , ‘ They all look married to me . ’ |
| 15 | Yelena Prokina skilfully using Mussorgsky 's rapid melodic fragments to suggest her terror as she is about to succumb to rape , Andrey Khovansky pursuing her with the exaggeration of the weak man who is over-asserting himself . |
| 16 | Bella shook her head as she had shaken it since childhood when she thought about her sister 's foolishness in almost everything . |
| 17 | ‘ Better to have loved and lost ’ , ’ she quoted softly to herself , then a smile of sheer female pleasure curved her lips as she heard the sounds of tapping on her bedroom door . |
| 18 | In imagination Mrs. Pridmore followed her daughter as she pedalled vigorously on her way ; bumping down the rough farm track between Mr. Bowlem 's flat fields to Tenpenny Road , past old Mrs. Button 's cottage where , as a child , she had been given rice-cake and home-made lemonade , by Tenpenny Dyke where she still picked cowslips in summer , then a right turn into Chevisham Road and the straight two miles skirting Captain Massey 's land and into Chevisham village . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've a rather special wine I 've been saving for you to sample , Naylor , ’ Guthrie addressed his nephew as they began to tuck into a starter of scampi in flaky pastry . |
| 20 | Corbett settled his horse as it fidgeted nervously at the rustling of some animal in the undergrowth at the side of the track . |
| 21 | The whole morning became encapsulated in the smell of grass , the sound of the tyres and the wind blowing her hair as she went faster and faster . |
| 22 | David took her arm as they reached the hospital . |
| 23 | Shiona took his arm as they headed for her office . |
| 24 | Marie-Christine bit her lip as they turned on to the road leading up to the château . |
| 25 | Great , round clouds rolled slowly across the sky like whales and a chill wind slapped their faces as they clattered along the pavement to Angelo 's Cafe . |
| 26 | I had seen them in Kano clutching their swords as they slept in shop doorways where they were employed as night-watchmen . |
| 27 | She saw the tension leave his shoulders as he hunkered down to look . |
| 28 | Scathach waited in the forest , his eyes showing his concern as he stared into the heavens , where black storks flapped and watched the earth from the bare-bone branches . |
| 29 | She was acutely aware of his half-closed eyes watching her mouth as she began arguing . |
| 30 | Toby pursed his lips as he poured . |