Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] as [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The black wings and running-board set off the sober mole colour of the body , and the President glowed as he proudly explained the working of the controls and gear lever , opened the doors to display the interior with its adjustable foot-rests for the rear-seat passengers and obliged a request from one admirer to see how much space there was in the luggage compartment at the back . |
| 2 | But McNab continued as he always had , grave and rather lugubrious , knowing that given time , the " cholera cloud " would move on , too , and that his own view would come to be accepted but this would only happen imperceptibly and not , perhaps , like a cloud passing , but more in the way that sediment settles in a glass of muddy water . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I wo n't cry over spilt milk , ’ Karen said as she finally recovered the last smithereen of dog . |
| 4 | Mavis blushed as she primly tried to quell the mounting hubbub . |
| 5 | IT 'S business as usual , Bryan insisted as he finally emerged from his Chelsea home to face the press — but he had n't reckoned with PC — Police Clamper — Nigel Legge . |
| 6 | The Duchess giggled as he then picked up his guitar and sang Michael Row The Boat Ashore . |
| 7 | Franz asked as he reluctantly removed the plate from the table . |
| 8 | Lindsey smiled as she also rose to her feet . |
| 9 | Mary asked as they gingerly entered the water . |
| 10 | ‘ A friend of yours ? ’ the other man asked as he too rose , but more slowly . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's leading you too , ’ Maggie reminded him quietly and his hand came as it often did to tilt her chin imperiously . |
| 12 | Terry exclaimed as she hastily opened cupboards and showed Ellie where everything was . |
| 13 | At the vote on the imposition of sanctions against Iraq , Yemen abstained as it also did from the vote at the Arab League meeting which approved Arab military intervention in Saudi Arabia . |