Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill . |
| 2 | Downes almost snarled his reluctant ‘ Yes ’ ; and listened , mouth agape with incredulity , as Morse beckoned over to the two detective-constables from the second police car . |
| 3 | Jimmy was able to stand unassisted now as Cardiff turned back to the girl . |
| 4 | He was already advancing up the truck as Ward slithered down onto the flat surface of it . |
| 5 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 6 | As Ellen scurried out of the room like a frightened mouse , Ruth sat down again . |
| 7 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 8 | As Richard stood up in the boat , he could be seen to hesitate , not about what he wanted to do , but about procedures . |
| 9 | As Alcuin looked back from the high days of his own collaboration with Charlemagne , which also involved his many pupils who became bishops and abbots , he obviously saw a model of this relationship at the York of his younger days , when Eadbert ruled Northumbria while his brother Egbert was archbishop of York and built up the cathedral library . |
| 10 | As Penny went over to the drinks table the headmaster was in full spate . |
| 11 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
| 12 | But as Orton pointed out in the diary , as usual nothing came of it — not even after telling a man who tried to get in their way to ‘ piss off ’ . |
| 13 | Below , a door opened and there was a brief swell in the volume of conversation and laughter as Gerard stepped out into the hall . |
| 14 | But as Ruth came out of the basement , all she was struck by , quite irrelevantly , was his likeness to Jake ; for an instant she almost thought it was Jake , standing there . |
| 15 | He grins defiantly as Eva sweeps in through the door . |
| 16 | The girl looked up as Ebert came back into the hold , her eyes wide , filled with fear . |
| 17 | As Hrun bore down on the dragonlord Liartes ' sword came up wickedly , to be caught on the branch . |
| 18 | He watched as Turakina caught up with the pig and rode over it . |
| 19 | At this hypermarket more than half the booze sales are to English shoppers , they come from as far away as Yorkshire to stock up for the Christmas part season . |
| 20 | Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door . |
| 21 | And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill . |
| 22 | Sophie heaved a long sigh , then looked up as Helen came back to the table , her face drawn and anxious . |
| 23 | Here it 's even more difficult as Black lurches around in the kind of jacket and jeans ensemble sported TV by dapper TV supa-Scot Rab C Nesbit . |
| 24 | Here it 's even more difficult as Black lurches around in the kind of jacket and jeans ensemble sported TV by dapper TV supa-Scot Rab C Nesbit . |
| 25 | As Theda came out into the dark hall , she heard someone bustling down the stairs , and recognised Mrs Diggory 's voice . |
| 26 | He turned as McKenzie came on to the bridge : ‘ And how are our oil-stained survivors , Chief ? ’ |
| 27 | As Carrie limped back to the house beside Seb , she said , ‘ You 'll need to watch yourself , Seb . |
| 28 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 29 | As Cameron turned back to the mill , he saw a small coach coming along the Grandtully road with a pair of deerhounds loping at its wheels and a man on horseback behind it dressed in an expensive tweed cloak . |
| 30 | As Adam looked back through the split in the gates , he saw Curly Top , saw the evil hatred in his eyes . |