Example sentences of "as we [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 2 | The driver did n't have to point out the bullet-riddled windows of the coach as we lurched along from Bucharest airport to Poiana Brasov . |
| 3 | As we walk out to our cars , Peter shuffles in beside me , telling me about his children . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd just like you to understand the problems we have … we do the best we can , ’ sighs Soliz as we walk back to the bus stop . |
| 5 | And how beautifully she stage managed it : as we touched down at Heathrow , the final credits were rolling . |
| 6 | But a client is a client and he perked up no end as we walked round to Marlowe Road , Lloyd between us and one of the Dennison boys about ten feet ahead acting as an outrider . |
| 7 | As we walked on to the jetty , I was watching carefully to make sure none of my trunks was left on board . |
| 8 | As we walked off towards the car park , a woman 's voice shouted my name . |
| 9 | As we walked in through the door Kalchu looked up from his food and said in a worried voice , ‘ Where 's your karaso , sister ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He 's entered in a race at Worcester the day after tomorrow , ’ Tremayne said as we walked out to the yard at seven in the half-dawn . |
| 11 | I asked the same of Benjamin as we walked out of a postern gate of St Bartholomew 's back towards the river , but my master was only half-listening . |
| 12 | I did n't 'ave all this handed on a plate , ’ he said as we walked out into the backyard . |
| 13 | ‘ Last year , ’ said Kāli , as we walked along behind the houses , ‘ Mother and one or two other women started before the forest was officially opened — before ban pasāi — and people were so angry that they made the women 's husbands go to the headman and pay a fine of five rupees each . ’ |
| 14 | He was pin high to the left of the flag and the crowd was stamping and cheering as we walked down to the green . |
| 15 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 16 | As we walked down towards the community centre they all stopped off somewhere to steal some cymbals . |
| 17 | As we walked back down the track , the nightingale was still singing . |
| 18 | ‘ Her name is Shinko , ’ he told me happily as we walked back to the flat . |
| 19 | As we walked back to the dispensary he asked me , almost casually , yet in a way trying to find out how much I knew , ‘ Tell me , what 's the extent of your knowledge of polio ? ’ |
| 20 | I protested as we walked back to the flat . |
| 21 | She had shrunk as we walked back to her house , her arm had grown heavier , and the air in her hall was still and old . |
| 22 | The exiles from Ecuador — more accustomed to jungle and soggy heat — had gasped unashamedly as we rounded the bend above the cliffs , and they remained quite mute , awestruck , as we circled down into town and parked outside the Hotel Eberhardt for a dish of the king crab , centolla , and a mug of beer . |
| 23 | And then , as we drifted back to the ship after a placid midday meal , a shadow darkened our cheerful day . |
| 24 | We had arrived in Uulaa 's system a few moments before , and as we drifted down to planetary speed I 'd contacted Frejji on the comm . |
| 25 | As we pull out of the drive , we catch a parting view of the king once more at his castle . |
| 26 | ‘ Listen and feel as we pull back into the slow lane . ’ |
| 27 | He laughs forlornly and , as we pull in to Lowestoft station , tells me , in hushed conspiratorial tones , this riddle , popular among his colleagues on the Aberdeen run : |
| 28 | As we paddled on down this part of the river I became aware of a huge commotion behind me . |
| 29 | ‘ Useful , ye see , ’ Ward said as we went through to the baggage claim area . |
| 30 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |