Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | George , wisely , did n't try to compete with guest Gary Moore and simply strummed his way through While my Guitar Gently Weeps as Moore 's Les Paul sobbed inconsolably — but by then it was all over bar the cheering . |
| 2 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 3 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 4 | Yet her face reamined tilted up towards his , her lips softly puckered as though to welcome a kiss . |
| 5 | Mildred kept her eyes firmly closed as the chief magician opened the box and intoned the release spell . |
| 6 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 7 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 8 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 9 | When his hands cupped her swollen breasts she tilted her head back willingly , her mouth already open as he bent his dark head to hers . |
| 10 | The next thing I saw was my kite diving away from me , the roar of its engine gradually fading as it plunged earthwards . |
| 11 | Getting the car right is far more important than any girlfriend at this moment , ’ Kate answered , her brow already furrowed as she studied the print-outs of the car 's performance . |
| 12 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 13 | In the dream she was smiling , holding out her hands to the man and the children , but her smile slowly faded as she realised they could n't see her . |
| 14 | Giants , trailing by seven points after the first leg , took an aggregate lead as early as the fourth minute , but their game never flowed as missed shots and tired , sloppy defence allowed the Finns to stay in touch through their prolific three-point shooters . |
| 15 | He 'd slowed to step around some soft drinks crates-the bar , although open , seemed only half-ready for business — and their arms almost touched as she came up behind him without realising . |
| 16 | She pocketed the Beretta , her hands still trembling as she thought of how close she had come to firing on the turn . |
| 17 | Annie laughed once more as Billy put a hand up to his lips in mock horror and then her face suddenly flushed as she realised he was appraising her . |
| 18 | You make a cup of tea for a friend who has called around to express their condolences only to find as you pour it out , that there is no tea in the pot . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ Luke went on , his eyes half closed as he gently swilled his brandy round his glass , ‘ Stella 's my stepmother . |
| 20 | His eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at her , and there was a silence charged with meaning between the two of them . |
| 21 | With a choked little cry he jumped backwards , turned and plunged into the unseen , gripping the banister and screwing his eyes tightly closed as he ran . |
| 22 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |
| 23 | Isaac Walton , Donne 's biographer , relates the tale : ‘ Several charcoal fires being first madde in his large study , he brought with him into that place a winding sheet in his hand , and having put off all his clothes , had this sheet put on him , and so tied with knots at his head and feet , and his hands so placed as dead bodies are usually fitted , to be shrouded and put into their coffin , or grave … with his eyes shut and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean , pale and death-like face . ’ |
| 24 | His expression never altered as he looked at her . |
| 25 | It was n't the wound that worried him , though his arm still ached as though a steam-hammer had landed on it . |
| 26 | The prudent gardener takes as much care with his produce once picked as when growing , and saves seed in order to obtain plants for free |
| 27 | He seemed to hesitate , his face partly shadowed as the moon slid silently behind a cloud , leaving the boat in darkness , yet Fran could sense him studying the bruised swell of her lips , the faint tremble coursing through her body . |
| 28 | However , matters between him and his congregation gradually deteriorated as he was thought to be very ‘ High Church ’ , and a bitter dispute broke out between 1845 and 1848 between ‘ High ’ and ‘ Low ’ Church supporters . |
| 29 | His followers now escaped as best they could . |