Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 2 | ALL SMILES from Gazza as he prepares to make a sensational come-back — in England colours in Spain . |
| 3 | There 's nothing like a good bed , ’ said Nessie O'Neil to her daughter Nellie as they made up the bed in the box bedroom at Ballytreabhair Farm . |
| 4 | He ran to his car , calling back to Aunt Nellie as he started up the engine : ‘ Ring up the A.A. box at Begwith and tell them to try and stop her . ’ |
| 5 | Nurses were instructed to prevent them from seeing Earl Spencer as he lay helpless in his private room . |
| 6 | Heir of uncertainty in the shadow of Raine Old problems face the new Earl Spencer as he takes over Althorp from his shrewd stepmother |
| 7 | She glanced at Guido and saw that his eyes were fixed on Silvia , who was following behind Jeff as they made their way down the landing plank . |
| 8 | Earlier Romantic interests in dream , haunting and death were revivified by Odilon Redon 's lithographs and drawings and transposed into a mawkish fascination with human decollation and disembodiment ( a prescient subject of much Surrealist interest later ) , witness perhaps of his desire to escape from the strictures of the body where only material limitation and disease existed — the concerns of eschatology , sexuality and mysticism certainly haunted Redon as they do so much Symbolist thought . |
| 9 | In response the Syrian-based Seljuk dynasty fought back , especially through the exploits of the Kurd Salah al-Din ( Saladdin as he became known in the West ) who himself took Egypt establishing his own Ayyubid dynasty in 1171 . |
| 10 | Sheepishly , Nathan agreed to go and watch movies with Zambia , casting agonised looks after Ari as he followed hir from the canteen . |
| 11 | But , to be fair , the McLaren directors had other matters on their mind in Portugal as they moped Senna 's fevered brow and cursed Mansell 's unwelcome intrusion into a family affair . |
| 12 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing McAllister ? ’ asked Dr Neil as she walked towards him , just at the moment when the girl began to moan and thrash about , her pains suddenly returning in full force . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's a nice old boy , ’ says Fairfax as we watch the laibon counting in his cattle . |
| 14 | Martin Clarke , who will serve only half the term , was three times over the legal limit when he struck David Adams as he cycled home from the supermarket on 21 December . |
| 15 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 16 | But though we might have to plough through the politics and suffer with Dennis as we do so , the book still ultimately gets the accept right and takes us out promiscuously to Korea and the Cape , Russia , America , Israel and Morocco . |
| 17 | a couple of weeks back Dennis as you know |
| 18 | Both hardened internationals , they could n't cope with John Fashanu and Robbie Earle as they plundered the first and third goals for Dons . |
| 19 | The porter accepted his tip gratefully , nodded and glanced at Donna as he left , smiling approvingly when her back was turned . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you a Catholic ? ’ he asked Donna as she brought out the drinks . |
| 21 | Juliet chatted to Donna as she flushed out the catheter . |
| 22 | The Doctor shone his torch on to Bernice as she returned from the darkness . |
| 23 | ‘ They ca n't really be friends , ’ said Bernice as she worked on repairs to the faulty connection . |
| 24 | ‘ A good question , ’ shouted Bernice as she examined the firing systems . |
| 25 | From floor to ceiling , along its entire length , tens of thousands of expressionless faces stared at Bernice as she hurried away from the circular chamber . |
| 26 | ‘ Those noises ! ’ gasped Edgar as he reeled into the corridor . |
| 27 | The words followed Thorfinn as he flung his horse away from the gates . |
| 28 | ‘ A curious game , ’ said Antony as they drove away from the ground . |
| 29 | But I like him , thought Antony as they got out of the car . |
| 30 | ‘ He ought not to be standing about in that cold church porch ! ’ muttered Meredith as they strode towards him . |