Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gently , under the comforting warmth of the duvet , he removed her jersey and bra , but his hands , not satisfied , sank lower , their movements purposeful as he removed her skirt to reveal the black woolly tights . |
| 2 | She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship . |
| 3 | The ground beneath her feet seemed to become unstable as he kissed her . |
| 4 | Even so , in her darkest moments , wrong as she knew it to be , Constance could not stop herself thinking , If only it had been Mummy . |
| 5 | That much was clear as she struck his hand away . |
| 6 | Well , expectations were high as we wended our way up to Coventry in teh Porsche ( I just had to slip it in ! ! ! ) . |
| 7 | His arms closed around her instantly , fiercely possessive as he pulled her against him . |
| 8 | It is n't as painful as I thought it would be . |
| 9 | His tone was light as he turned his attention back to the road again . |
| 10 | He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him . |
| 11 | Lucifer 's face was so devil-like as he said it that he frightened even Izzie , a thing he had never done on stage . |
| 12 | I called , got through and spoke to a man who sounded as ordinary and as sane as I thought I was . |
| 13 | ‘ Who would have thought it ? ’ asked Fireman Robb , puffing as he lit his pipe . |
| 14 | The glitter in his eyes was white-hot as he met her wide-open , startled gaze . |
| 15 | ‘ You are determined to think the worst of me ? ’ he demanded , his wry voice a fraction unsteady as he ran his hands hungrily down her back , crushing her softness against his hard body . |
| 16 | Taylor 's slip catching had suddenly become a worry , though he recovered his poise with a good take late in the match , no longer rigid as he threw himself low to his right . |
| 17 | Her answering smile was thoughtful as she watched him duck gracefully through the doorway . |
| 18 | As my car moved through the area announcing ‘ Meet shadow chancellor John Smith as he explains Labour 's policy on fiscal and monetary reform , ’ I noticed that the town was not as crowded as I remembered it from only that morning . |
| 19 | This was indeed fortunate as it prevented him from revealing the fossilization of his mind by repeating much of what he had written in 1986 . |
| 20 | Forster 's voice was incredulous as he swung his torch around in a wide arc . |
| 21 | His eyes were dark as he led her into the bedroom and closed the door behind them . |
| 22 | The wind was cool , and the night was now pitch dark as she made her way slowly to the front door . |
| 23 | His voice was uneven as he raised his head , running a hand through her hair to lift its silken weight from her neck . |
| 24 | I refused to destroy her young life , and I 've left her as honest as I found her . ’ |
| 25 | One old lady sitting upright , prim and wearing round National Health Service glasses , became agitated as I approached her chair . |
| 26 | That gave me the chance to tell what Braden had done , sounding disgusted as I told it so Mendez would have no doubt what I thought about Braden 's trick . |
| 27 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 28 | Fiona 's face seemed very real as I closed my eyes and scenes of the Highlands passed before me . |
| 29 | Maybe she felt that if she could n't do it now , she would never do it ; maybe that was why her face hardened as she watched them , still apart , and imagined them , together . |
| 30 | He stared at the unfamiliar car for a moment , then his face hardened as he recognised her . |