Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Invalid and invalid as in having no effect , ’ Fernando grumbled as he went to pour her a drink from a jug on the table . |
| 2 | A Netherlands DC-10 crashed as it tried to land during a storm at Faro , Portugal , on Dec. 21 , killing 54 people . |
| 3 | In the country 's fifth air disaster in four months , the China Southern Airlines plane crashed as it approached to land at the city of Guilin . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm fit to tackle a live child again , ’ he joked as they prepared to eat . |
| 5 | Its eight-man crew also perished as they strived to rescue the Santampa 's crew . |
| 6 | She stopped as he began to shake with suppressed laughter , then added indignantly , ‘ I 'm serious , Robert . |
| 7 | ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary . |
| 8 | Substituting t-butyl hydroperoxide for alloxan in a similar experiment , Clark found as he had hoped , that parasitaemia again dropped radically . |
| 9 | Peter Rainford was unpleasantly attentive but his wife was quite happy with Felipe , and Maggie 's heart sank as they arranged to go round the Alhambra with them the next day . |
| 10 | Her heart sank as she tried to negotiate her way between the truth and a lie . |
| 11 | Her hands trembled as they fluttered to rest against his shoulders . |
| 12 | Juliet tensed as she spooned drinking chocolate into two mugs . |
| 13 | ‘ And it has to be a good idea to stay on here , in the Hamptons , until tomorrow , ’ she added as she finished packing up the hampers . |
| 14 | It is certain the board would prefer to see Mr Weir re-elected as it tries to keep a united front over the next few months when it has to produce new proposals for its future which are acceptable to the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 15 | Their minds reeled , sickness churned as they struggled to save themselves from injury . |
| 16 | A pensioner is in hospital with serious burns after her house exploded as she tried to light a gas fire . |
| 17 | Sophie nodded as she finished examining the last one . |
| 18 | Her breath sawed as she tried to control her tears , while Gina waited despairingly , knowing what the outcome had been . |
| 19 | ‘ A wonderful dinner , ’ he declared as they left to take their coffee in her sitting room . |
| 20 | Last night the cricketer said the incident happened as he tried to get into a pub . |
| 21 | After eighteen months it happened as I had foretold . |
| 22 | She frowned as she began taking mugs from the cupboard . |
| 23 | It did n't seem very likely , and she frowned as she tried to view herself objectively . |
| 24 | She dropped her clutch bag and George frowned as she strained to pick it up . |
| 25 | The KGL Captain frowned as he tried to remember Sharpe 's uniform . |
| 26 | I was you I I arrived as you had left er so |
| 27 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 28 | Her voice shook as she tried to speak . |
| 29 | Claudia sighed as he continued to speak . |
| 30 | She sighed as she prepared to get up . |