Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | The Doctor shone his torch on to Bernice as she returned from the darkness . |
| 3 | ‘ They ca n't really be friends , ’ said Bernice as she worked on repairs to the faulty connection . |
| 4 | ‘ Those noises ! ’ gasped Edgar as he reeled into the corridor . |
| 5 | ‘ He ought not to be standing about in that cold church porch ! ’ muttered Meredith as they strode towards him . |
| 6 | ‘ They were n't wrong , those girls , ’ thought Marie as she listened to Bella clashing the crockery in the kitchen , her walking-frame squeaking over the lino as she pushed it about . |
| 7 | They watched Marie as she trailed down the steps by the artificial waterfall that was lit up at night with pink and green floodlights . |
| 8 | She smiled at Hari as she moved towards the stairs , there was no order book but from now on there would be one and , if today was anything to go by , it would always be full . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's the calm sea , ’ he pointed out the inlet that ran to Ballysadare as they came along the narrow twisting road into Strandhill . |
| 10 | It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister . |
| 11 | ’ You have very similar motives in someone as charismatic as David as you do in the mute lad I played in Trapped In Silence . |
| 12 | He windmilled them at speed in improbable directions , knocking over the Perks as they rose to their feet . |
| 13 | He peered closely at Penny as she dropped to the ground . |
| 14 | Even more surprisingly , this little black and white indictment of the National Health Service did almost as well in the United States as it did in Britain . |
| 15 | For the last few days of her life Julia lay in a drugged sleep , free from pain and still managing a faint smile for Pat as he hung over her , gripping her hand . |
| 16 | Roirbak said to Tammuz as they walked to the hangar where the company rotor was housed . |
| 17 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's getting popular , ’ said Markby as they squeezed into a corner settle near the fire . |
| 19 | TSB invite readers to attend Saturday 's local County finals , which take place at the Bebington Oval , to cheer on Merseyside 's budding Christies and Gunnells as they fight for a place in the Merseyside team . |
| 20 | JOHN MAJOR , the Foreign Secretary , yesterday announced the setting up of a £25m aid fund for Hungary as he set before the conference what he called a ‘ common sense ’ approach for Conservatives in Europe . |
| 21 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 22 | AFTER the glamour of mid-week European Cup competition it 's back to basics for Linfield on Saturday as they travel to Castlereagh Park for a TNT Gold Cup clash with Ards . |
| 23 | Police grab Roberts as he leans in a window to talk |
| 24 | As a study in manipulation , it is a vintage piece of caricature and ensures the reader 's continuing sympathy for Richard as he fumbles toward love and sanity with his dark-haired poetess . |
| 25 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 26 | Complex natural ecosystems are replaced by unsustainable simple ones , with a resulting loss of biodiversity — and that applies as much in the de-natured agricultural prairies of Alberta and East Anglia as it does to the hamburger ranches of Brazil . |
| 27 | Kelly had shouted out to Gould as she cantered past him , almost brushing his boot , on the way to post . |
| 28 | This was to the memory of a Cathedral Organist and his bride who were drowned when the motor vessel , Stella , hit the Casquet Rocks near Alderney as they went on honeymoon . |
| 29 | ‘ Whoa there , lass , ’ said Jake as they came to a halt . |
| 30 | Beveridge thought a small part of the new scheme 's income should go to the NHS as it had under the old . |