Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert as chairman asked me a number of questions to which he already knew the answers for the good reason that we had already gone over them in Fulham . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's absolutely ages since I went to a party , ’ she remarked happily , as Richard handed her a tall , frosted glass . |
| 3 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 4 | Caroline found herself saying impulsively , regretting the impulse immediately as Anneliese cast her a surprised look . |
| 5 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 6 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 7 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 8 | Still , he thought , as long as Richmann considered him a superstitious peasant , he would n't consider him a threat . |
| 9 | When the seaman Peters , a thief and later a mutineer , protests against the commuting of the death sentence to the disgrace of being flogged round the fleet , Marryat as author finds it a matter for critical comment that the members of the court-martial are clearly surprised that a mere seaman should act from a sense of honour : |
| 10 | She held up her hands in mock surrender as Rory sent her a black sidelong scowl . |
| 11 | Now he watched in horrified silence as Donald cut himself a giant slice of poisoned meat . |
| 12 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 13 | Flopping inelegantly into a comfortable big armchair , Rory nodded her thanks as Adam handed her a mug of coffee , and took a sip of the hot reviving brew . |
| 14 | As for Margaret — well — ’ She paused , not wanting to be disloyal , then continued as Rune gave her a quick nod of encouragement . |
| 15 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 16 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 17 | As Tennyson put it a century later : ‘ The heart stood up and answered ‘ I have felt ’ . ’ |
| 18 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 19 | Again unfortunately the only thing lacking was people , but perhaps in Monday we picked a bad night to sample the crack as locals tell me the place livens up as the weekend approaches . |
| 20 | Sure enough , as soon as Stuart touched them the row of trolleys slid forward . |
| 21 | Munro sat at his desk in the Haston Place flat and listened intently as Carter gave him the gist of his conversation with Vargas . |
| 22 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 23 | Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal . |
| 24 | When I knit the waistband of a skirt ( using separate method ) , I return the skirt in two halves , but , as Val reminded me the other day , it is quicker to do it all at once and here is the method : — Join back seam ( sideways knitted skirt ) or all seams . |
| 25 | As Ashley poured herself a second cup of rich dark coffee at a side-table , she frowned again . |
| 26 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 27 | Alice screamed with laughter as Fernie gave her a jerk which pulled her forward so hard that her left shoe stayed behind , its heel bedded deep in the grass verge . |
| 28 | ‘ How did it go ? ’ she asked me , as Rozanov gave her an especially tender hug . |