Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male bicolour damselfish flexes the muscles attached to its swim bladder as it patrols its patch of coral reef . |
| 2 | What can be deduced from this is that religion as he understands it involves belief in an ordered moral government of the whole universe and in the fact that religious and ethical ideals should inform all our actions . |
| 3 | No doubt the Substitute read the newspapers at the same breakneck speed as he did everything else . |
| 4 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 5 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 6 | I caught Ewen Mackay 's swift glance as he resumed his place on the other side of the fireplace . |
| 7 | He caught her exploring fingers and lifted them to his mouth and kissed them quickly , his eyes filled with a wry mockery as he studied her flushed face . |
| 8 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 9 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes … yes , it 's been a long day , ’ she admitted , her cheeks flushing and her heart beginning to beat in a crazy rhythm as he held her tightly against his hard , tall figure for a moment . |
| 11 | She took a deep , unsteady breath , her voice low and uncertain , sounding alien to her own ears as she began her story . |
| 12 | But he was forced to one side as they bundled their way in . ’ |
| 13 | Once in the lead there was no stopping the home side as they reinforced their gathering momentum with five second-half tries . |
| 14 | Roman was by her side as she inserted her key in the lock . |
| 15 | She slumps , exhausted , moving only her eyes from side to side as she follows our next exchange . |
| 16 | Instead , the arm he held captive fell back to her side as he loosed her , and he stood staring into the distance , his face set in grim lines . |
| 17 | I had to be at his side as he opened his eyes and saw me there in my lonely vigil … |
| 18 | The wide , chiselled mouth tilted up a fraction at one side as he detected her dismay . |
| 19 | Mister Johnny sat on a stool , his cheek pressed into the cow 's smooth , swollen side as he milked her . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 22 | Richard 's fingers played with the card as he recalled their first meeting , 13 years ago , at Adam 's party . |
| 23 | Middlesbrough 's battle-weary troops were cheered by thousands of fans as they made their way to a civic reception in an open-topped bus . |
| 24 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 25 | Kenneth sighed with pretended regret , putting his feet up on the low wall of the terrace and rocking his seat back on its rear legs as he shaded his eyes with one hand . |
| 26 | There you are a little three stone ring as we have it again now . |
| 27 | The diamond set signet ring as we have it there . |
| 28 | Ah it 's a nice little star shaped cluster ring as we have it again . |
| 29 | Well a little diamond ring as we have it again now . |
| 30 | We are dedicated to experimentation , to pushing back the frontiers of football as we know them , to boldly go where no self-respecting soccer club has gone before , and no , I do not mean the Whaddon and Mitchley Sunday League . |