Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not much , ’ he dismissed as he carried on walking towards the cottage . |
| 2 | Julian rose as he came in , and bowed herself unnoticed from the room ; but from beneath her lowered lids she saw them meet , and the private radiance that lit their faces was still a dazzle in her eyes as she closed the door upon them . |
| 3 | Her brows rose as she bristled inwardly . |
| 4 | Her eyes dilated as she arched away . |
| 5 | Some of the men grumbled as they moved away , but all found some form of light and took a place in the line to join in the search . |
| 6 | Strange the tricks that life plays , I mused as I drove home , popping the tape of madrigals into the player . |
| 7 | Silly , silly man , she mused as she struck out strongly for the other side of the pool . |
| 8 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 9 | ‘ Knowing our weather the sun will probably be cracking the skies tomorrow , ’ Charlie joked as they started down Heymouth Brae . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's on his way back to the hotel , ’ Vashinov reported as he put down the phone . |
| 11 | Larry moved as she drew nearer . |
| 12 | And — ’ with a grateful glance at Benedict , who was standing by , mute , moved as he had not expected to be by this reunion he had brought about ‘ — thanks to this intelligent and resourceful young man , it is over now . ’ |
| 13 | The heels of wine bottles were cold green moons she stroked as she slid past . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not your fucking body , ’ the girl shouted as she ran upstairs . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she shouted as she went downstairs . |
| 16 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 17 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 18 | Her heart sank as she contemplated how , as usual , she would walk up , bleat out ‘ excuse me ’ and then be forced to wait , powerless , while they peeled themselves slowly and insolently away from the door . |
| 19 | My heart sank as I looked around . |
| 20 | His heart sank as he said falteringly , ‘ I will pay you tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | She behaved as she had never thought it would be possible for her to behave . |
| 22 | ‘ Any landing you walk away from is a good one , ’ she exclaimed as they taxied in to the small terminal . |
| 23 | " That was n't history , that was Hollywood ! " he exclaimed as he kicked off an examination of interpretations of history . |
| 24 | Paul Fisher exclaimed as she went quickly past him , but his ‘ wow ’ meant nothing to her other than that , unfortunately , his carpeting of a week last Friday had had no lasting effect . |
| 25 | They are quite rightly upset and offended as they have usually made their own decisions and are going through with them . |
| 26 | Her eyelids slowly fluttering open , Laura trembled as she stared up at his grave face , his expression now troubled and curiously stern . |
| 27 | All the way across not one stone moved or even trembled as she jumped on to it or swayed on top of it or clutched at the sides of it ! |
| 28 | For a moment her heart stood still , then her lip trembled as she spoke tremulously . |
| 29 | She trembled as he stared straight at her , and not with the cold . |
| 30 | He staggered as I clambered on , but stayed upright . |