Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was acting out the role of the good , courageous patient as I saw it at the time , while Mr Lennox was no doubt pleased to find me co-operative , free from despair and above all , unemotional . |
| 2 | As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’ |
| 3 | He opened his arms as she joined him at the mirror . |
| 4 | It started finally at the third attempt , and Sabine was almost weeping as she threw it at the hill . |
| 5 | I have never quite understood why " Chesh " as we called him at the time , was the only person I selected for training with the Force that my Master vetoed ; my Master also vetoed the selection of Leonard to command No 35 Squadron in the early days of the Pathfinder Force and I was never able to establish why . |
| 6 | The challenge which Gandhi posed to the British , as they perceived it at the time , was not to their consciences but to their authority . |
| 7 | Ah , I think the Foreign Office was trying to pursue the only sensible policy as it perceived it at the time , right through the entire period , um , since 1965 . |
| 8 | She was overwhelmed by a mixture of terror and relief as he left her at the wheel and went forward to free the line . |
| 9 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |
| 10 | His manner as he greeted her at the church door , then ushered her to her seat , did nothing to dispel her apprehension . |
| 11 | As he explained it at the briefings and again at his trial , three years later , ‘ The only people in the conflict in Nicaragua that are today buried beneath a cross are those that fight for the resistance . |
| 12 | She blew smoke serenely as he flicked it at the wall . |
| 13 | With his teeth chattering , his mouth bleeding and his hair flattened to his skull he could not have looked less appealing as he presented himself at the front door . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll go in front as the standard bearer , ’ said Nigel as he placed himself at the head of his patrol . |