Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JONATHAN Davies scored 20 points as Widnes went on a scoring spree that took them into the second round of the Lancashire Cup . |
| 2 | The bright sunlight had straightened the ball 's flight-path , and as Gower fed on the short balls and what he converted into half-volleys , there were fleeting thoughts of a century before lunch , such was his willingness to go after runs . |
| 3 | Any asylum seeker brought with him the possibility of retribution against the shrine and its local town or city from his enemies , as Gregory discovered on a number of occasions . |
| 4 | In the eighth minute Leicester drew level as Wright pounced on a loose ball after Gee 's shot had been blocked , to score his 15th goal of the season . |
| 5 | Gascoigne replied within a minute with a close-range effort and as Lazio piled on the pressure in the second half they were rewarded with five minutes to go when Cristiano Bergodi headed home . |
| 6 | Absent also was Leofwine , who had taken Thorfinn for King as Cormac had , or so it seemed , on the glorious journey to and from Rome , and who had stood trembling as Cormac had on the steps of St Peter 's , one of a brotherhood that had seemed to promise a future none of them had so far dreamed of . |
| 7 | Burning with mortification , Leonora looked away , sliding lower beneath the quilt like an animal burrowing for cover as Penry sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 8 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 9 | As Montgomery pulled on the handbrake , Sergeant Channing of the Retford police emerged eagerly to greet him . |
| 10 | At that moment there was a stir at the rear of the chapel and everyone stood as Anna entered on the arm of Tom Hanks . |
| 11 | ‘ It is n't visiting time , you know , ’ she told Meg as Meg knocked on the open door . |
| 12 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
| 13 | As Harry stood on the platform a minute or so later , watching the train pull out , he could see him through the brightly lit window , still immersed in his paperback , oblivious , it seemed , to Harry 's departure . |
| 14 | After 65 minutes , Green mishit a backpass and could only stand horrified as Hibberd pounced on the mistake and coolly slotted the ball past the stranded Burt from 20 yards . |
| 15 | The cancer screening , everybody must remember as Kevin said on the toxic shock erm motion , that it 's your wife , your sister , your daughter who needs the cancer screening , the same thing applies to the toxic shock syndrome . |
| 16 | OPENER David Boon hit a five-hour century yesterday as Australia struggled on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane . |
| 17 | Sometimes Gabriel 's ghost was so physical , so vivid , that Lee would almost cry out to Larry to warn him as he moved through it between the kitchen and the living-room or walked over it as Gabriel lay on the carpet in front of the television . |
| 18 | As Gabriel worked on the top of the ricks , he suddenly remembered that , eight months before , he had been fighting against fire in the same place as desperately as he was fighting against water now — and for love of the same woman , who did not love him . |
| 19 | A big crowd started to gather as Greg got on a real head of steam . |
| 20 | As Blake lay on the floor , he watched the arrows soaring into the air , about a hundred yards away , and then falling towards their target . |
| 21 | United were panicking as Newcastle went on the attack . |
| 22 | TEN-TRY Shaun Edwards swept to the top of the Rugby League touchdown chart as Wigan piled on the agony for crisis club Swinton . |
| 23 | The 20-year-old , who had served in Northern Ireland and Germany , died in a tragic accident when a military order was misunderstood by a driver as Paul worked on the Saudi/Iraq front line with the 40th Field Armoured Brigade . |
| 24 | ‘ Another inexplicable misfortune , ’ he said , as Dudley lay on the ground choking . |
| 25 | ‘ No , ’ Lucy said as Charlie banged on the crush bar to open the door . |
| 26 | Ajayi heard a distant scraping noise as Quiss pulled on the bell-chain . |
| 27 | And it was then , in the midst of the suffering and chaos round them , as Rachel knelt on the ground and took from David 's case the aerosol that would hopefully save a man 's life , that he suddenly looked across at her . |
| 28 | He recoiled in horror as Azmaveth spat on the floor . |