Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Congress 's disarray — radical democrats argue that it should be disbanded — has been on embarrassing display this week as deputies argued over what to call their state . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing , ’ she said then looked up as Doyle returned with her bourbon . |
| 3 | As Dan noted in his Flight Log , ‘ Took photos of Mary Alice — What a mess ! ’ |
| 4 | Pauline Paul was confined to a wheelchair as calcium drained from her bones . |
| 5 | The light from outside , and the light from the sitting-room shone through to her room as Ven moved with her to her bed and sat down there with her . |
| 6 | As Luce looked around her , enjoying the colourful scene , Michele asked , ‘ Where would you like to go now ? ’ |
| 7 | But , as Olga said in her letter to me , one weeps more often because one is not free . |
| 8 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've got a big stick , ’ mentioned Punch confidingly to his audience , as Judy appeared with her baby . |
| 10 | Claudia pressed the door-handle in vain as Roman laughed at her efforts . |
| 11 | Meg watched , horrified , as Ben scrabbled past her , the boat swaying violently , and tore at the teacher 's pau , exposing his chest . |
| 12 | As Parliament went into its long summer recess , it was quite clear that Margaret Thatcher was going to reshuffle the Cabinet and the betting was that the shuffle would be a major one . |
| 13 | As Pamela walked towards them Tim stroked his wife 's arm in a long , slow , sensual gesture . |
| 14 | For a moment longer he sat frozen , then just as Jezrael cannoned into him he knocked the scalding can away . |
| 15 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 16 | As Gassendi insists in his Objections to Descartes , there is no need forever to be distrustful of them . |
| 17 | Johnny Kelly turned him inside out , dizzied him , nutmegged him , played with him like a yo-yo and when Ramsey finally collapsed in the mud as Kelly cut inside him , a voice on the terraces said : ‘ Ramsey , tha'rt about as much use as a chocolate teapot . ’ |
| 18 | Morley winced as Kelly appeared at her front door , her shoulder strapped up , a graze down the side of her face and two blackened eyes . |
| 19 | As Madeleine listened to her brother 's quiet , sensible voice , her emotions seesawed from rebellion to anxiety . |
| 20 | The resulting flows as institutions adjust towards their desired portfolio position are of importance because they act as an equipoise to international imbalances in savings and investment through their influence on asset prices and exchange rates . |
| 21 | Maybe that Maria Luisa in Seville had meant as much to him as Fernando had to her . |
| 22 | She surfaced , gasped for air , and kicked out with a scream of laughter as Fernando grabbed at her bikini-bottom . |
| 23 | And as Swindon found to their cost , it 's what happens after that matters . |
| 24 | He had a parcel under his arm , and much as Mum pleaded with him he would n't stay . |
| 25 | She broke off as Jim came towards them . |
| 26 | The Office , of course , was in the business of sanctification , but this account of Rolle 's early passionate concern for a life-style which reflected his urgent sense of priorities is heard again later in his Fire of Love : As adolescence dawned in my unhappy youth , present too was the grace of my Maker . |
| 27 | Swaggering is obviously best done in the full-length format , but tempered by the ‘ unique British context of compromise , Protestant seriousness and distrust of display ’ , as Wilton says in his eloquent introduction to the catalogue ( Tate Gallery Publications ) . |
| 28 | They all sat up straight as Patrick walked among them . |
| 29 | The sun caught her dazzling hair , and as Edouard sprang to his feet she smiled at him . |
| 30 | It seems very unjust that D should have been required to pay Mrs. Bennett 's debt ; but note that he could probably have recovered the money from her as money paid to her use . |