Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yanto had hardly bothered to reduce speed as he had turned sharp left by Stone school into the narrow lane which would take them back to Berkeley . |
| 2 | They 'd drawn the odd inquisitive glance as they 'd entered the dining-room of the Shelbourne , but Mahoney had been convinced that was because of the way Donna looked . |
| 3 | She shot him a suspicious glance as she began combing his hair . |
| 4 | It rustled round her ears as it had done before she went into mourning . |
| 5 | There Capirossi had Gresini , Casanova and Doriano Romboni on his side as they fought to repulse the attack of title rival Hans Spaan . |
| 6 | ‘ Difficult to tell , ’ said Alex , her head on one side as she appeared to give the matter some consideration . |
| 7 | I reached his side as he finished scanning the list of names on the last page . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Charlie laughed for the first time since he had left Whitechapel and strolled over to a youth far smaller than himself who was rubbing his hands between his legs as he tried to keep warm . |
| 10 | In January 1952 Acheson resorted to a vivid analogy as he tried to open Churchill 's mind to the need for new policies . |
| 11 | The Greens were present in over 500 wards , compared with 206 wards in 1988 , and the Liberal Democrats were able to field almost as many candidates as they had done previously . |
| 12 | And there was also an opportunity for Aberdeen and the surrounding region to look to its future as it prepared to host the next Offshore Europe in 1995 . |
| 13 | There were tears in the girls ' eyes as they tried to smile back . |
| 14 | It was n't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path . |
| 15 | Tears filled her eyes as she described seeing him looking down on her . |
| 16 | She had tears in her eyes as she tried to recover from the laughter . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was her soft , drawling voice or the fact that , no matter how interesting the topic of your conversation , you would inevitably see her smothering amiable yawns as you talked ; you would see the muscles of her jaw tighten and the tears start from her eyes as she tried to repress them . |
| 18 | Pursing her lips thoughtfully , she half closed her eyes as she tried to visualise how it might look . |
| 19 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
| 20 | For a boss , in fact , he was a very human man , who had hardly tried to hide the tears behind his eyes as he had stepped into the Mercedes earlier . |
| 21 | One remembered again the anger in his eyes as he had faced her across the table . |
| 22 | But she knew she had seen that covetous look in his eyes as he had watched her . |
| 23 | Sarella recalled the smouldering look of desire in his eyes as he 'd kissed her . |
| 24 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 25 | There was a dark look in his eyes as he continued to look down at her , but as she proceeded to wriggle away from him he made no move to stop her . |
| 26 | Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac . |
| 27 | He seized a horrible pair of forceps and I closed my eyes as he started flexing his muscles . |
| 28 | Screwing up his eyes as he attempted to remember what Rose had said . |
| 29 | The soldiers bent over to form the arches but they were no good as they kept moving all over the place and there seemed to be no rules or sense of order to the game . |
| 30 | But more shots were fired on the car as they tried to escape . ’ |