Example sentences of "[noun] as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt the Substitute read the newspapers at the same breakneck speed as he did everything else . |
| 2 | Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I caught Ewen Mackay 's swift glance as he resumed his place on the other side of the fireplace . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | She took a deep , unsteady breath , her voice low and uncertain , sounding alien to her own ears as she began her story . |
| 9 | But he was forced to one side as they bundled their way in . ’ |
| 10 | Once in the lead there was no stopping the home side as they reinforced their gathering momentum with five second-half tries . |
| 11 | Roman was by her side as she inserted her key in the lock . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I had to be at his side as he opened his eyes and saw me there in my lonely vigil … |
| 14 | The wide , chiselled mouth tilted up a fraction at one side as he detected her dismay . |
| 15 | Mister Johnny sat on a stool , his cheek pressed into the cow 's smooth , swollen side as he milked her . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 18 | Richard 's fingers played with the card as he recalled their first meeting , 13 years ago , at Adam 's party . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Intuitively , she knew that the little Prince was lying and the dejected lag in his steps as he left her room told her that there was a weight on his spirit . |
| 23 | Hearing noises in the little white salon as she passed its door , she poked her head in to see what was going on . |
| 24 | Although this probably represented ten times what she would normally expect she displayed no emotion as she accepted it . |
| 25 | She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him . |
| 26 | The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death . |
| 27 | He was dressed in a wide-sleeved ceremonial gown of dark silk and a soft hat embroidered with coloured threads partly hid his face from Lan and her brothers as they followed him through the doorway , walking barefoot between their father and mother . |
| 28 | We were on the starboard tack , fighting into the trades as we clawed our way out from the Bahamian shoals into the deep waters of the Atlantic . |
| 29 | The words followed Thorfinn as he flung his horse away from the gates . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're a bit quiet , ’ said Meredith as he drove her back to Rose Cottage that evening . |