Example sentences of "as [pers pn] went [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 They were nowhere in sight as I went through to the dining car , and Filmer seemed to have gone straight to his room , as there was a thread of light shining along the bottom of his door ; but Daffodil , I discovered , had after all not .
2 My only emotion as I went back into the box was cold rage .
3 I remember a December night : I heard the church clock strike nine as I went down into the garden — it was warm enough to walk .
4 As I went down in the lift I thought it pretty clever of Purvis to get the bike rider 's licence .
5 As you went in to the head end where the roof bolts were still intact , it was hard to imagine that approximately forty six metre , fifty metre of gate had just come in one go .
6 Pascoe watched her as she went through to the bathroom .
7 Tim , 32 , said : ‘ She always got upset when we were apart and cried as usual as she went through into the departure lounge .
8 He saw the tiny shudder that went through her and felt himself go still as she went up to the horse and began to stroke its face , its flank .
9 As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch .
10 As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows .
11 I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room .
12 Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water .
13 She was laughing as she went back to the garden and Wickham .
14 She 's still mad with me , Juliet thought , as she went back to the sitting-room .
15 She smoothed her hair and straightened the shoulder-straps of her black camisole , then with an effort composed her face into an expression of detached amusement as she went back into the other room .
16 Elizabeth felt troubled as she went back down the stairs .
17 As she went back along the landing she paused , frowning .
18 As she went out of the room carrying her plate and the cutlery , he stepped towards Aggie , saying softly , ‘ What d' you make of her ?
19 Emily left me , mouthing as she went out of the door that she was going back to the office .
20 As she went out of the door , she turned .
21 Gina ran her bike over his foot viciously as she went out through the narrow hall .
22 But he followed her as she went out into the street and the brown heat of the day , which steamed off the hot stone setts and fresh horse dung .
23 Ashley nodded , and , as she went off into the kitchen , Vitor took the little boy to collect his present .
24 ‘ Useful , ye see , ’ Ward said as we went through to the baggage claim area .
25 As we went out through the kitchen door , I dropped my talcum powder and things and stood to one side , towards the window-sill , as if I was looking to see where they 'd gone .
26 As we went out towards the stables I heard Sir Edmund whisper to Santerre that the matters at Templecombe were beyond his brief : he would plan his return to London where he would advise the King to send Justices into the area .
27 The play was necessarily a matinee , and as we went down past the Albert Hall a siren did go .
28 They bumped into him as they went back through the wire and held a whispered council of war .
29 As they went back through the copse Hazel recounted his talk with Fiver that morning .
30 As they went down into the cellar bar they were given a loud hello ! by Mary Mauchline , one of their party .
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