Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes th as I remember they did the other side of first . |
| 2 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |
| 3 | It was frightening and exhausting for him , and as early as I dared I telephoned the doctor , who came quickly and prescribed Largactil . |
| 4 | And as I say we did the mass picket down in Inspector was coming straight up t an the Sergeant to y you know what 's like to leading er people and he said , Now what 's the what you going to do what 's what you want this morning ? |
| 5 | . So the nest day I s As I say I slammed the phone down |
| 6 | Erm as I say it turned the the element on but no fan blowing air over it to cool it |
| 7 | As I hurried I heard the scrabbling patter of the wolves closing in . |
| 8 | ‘ This time as I talked I felt the ground move . |
| 9 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 10 | Then one morning on her way to work she was distracted by a commotion across the street and as she crossed she saw the owner of the hand being thrown out of a shop . |
| 11 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 12 | As she finished he took the needle from her . |
| 13 | As she watched he draped the shirt next to hers by the fire before squatting down opposite her . |
| 14 | As she wept she allowed the pain of the loss of her man to become real . |
| 15 | She tried to break from his grasp , but as she spoke he released the arm still pinned at her side and placed his hand on the curve of her neck , fondling it in a way that reminded her of an actor she 'd once seen playing Henry VIII just before a beheading scene . |
| 16 | When she arrived at Lynx some hours later she found that the door to the office was propped open , and as soon as she entered she understood the reason . |
| 17 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 18 | As she turned he set the horse against her quickly , its strong shoulder nudging her away in another direction . |
| 19 | As she did he saw the ring on the third finger of her left hand ; the large diamond sparkled brightly . |
| 20 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |
| 21 | As they went they heard the clatter of feet in the porch of the church , and voices that spoke in reverent undertones , but not from awe of the holy place . |
| 22 | As soon as they see they got the microphone they go |
| 23 | As it landed he felt the repulsively soft feel of Dashwood 's skin against his own . |
| 24 | Berle hoped to have the British blamed for breaking up the conference , as he knew he had the support of the Latin American states and some European countries . |
| 25 | As he grew he fought the temptation of sin in his body , and felt the pain of separation in his heart , but he never faltered in his faithfulness to his heavenly Father . |
| 26 | As he went he heard the music of the sea . |
| 27 | As he ran she saw the man working the gun into the front of his overalls , and she saw him also , with his free hand , drag the woollen cap back down across his forehead . |
| 28 | Legend has it that as he departed he destroyed the contents of the greenhouses by opening all the windows on a freezing night . |
| 29 | And as he spoke he swung the billhook and she saw that its tip was red with blood . |
| 30 | As he spoke he broke the seal on the carton of cream for his coffee , inadvertently squeezed the carton , and squirted a little jet of cream up her skirt between her thighs . |