Example sentences of "in [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 2 | She lived in hope as she waited for her lung swap |
| 3 | Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door . |
| 4 | On the facts of the case , the police were held liable in negligence as they had no fire fighting equipment present when the CS gas was fired . |
| 5 | But he has also discovered that the Gorbachev magic has not worked in Romania as it has elsewhere in Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | Now , resentment exploded in Cardiff as he rounded on Rohmer . |
| 7 | Mrs Clinton tells Vanity Fair , apparently without weighing the truth of the charges against Mr Bush : ‘ What Bill does n't understand is you 've got ta do the same thing in response as you do in negative advertising . ’ |
| 8 | Brazil , marking tightly and tackling hard , looked as well organised in defence as they had done against Italy in Bologna two months earlier . |
| 9 | There are many large quintas in Monte as it used to be favoured by the rich who moved up to their summer houses when it became too hot and humid in Funchal . |
| 10 | I guessed that was in part to help me over my shock , in part as I was Margaret 's niece , but also , as I was now discovering , because , though a naturally reserved man , having once forced himself to open up , in common with most reserved people , he was now having no difficulty in talking . |
| 11 | Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix … |
| 12 | , I 'm still in play as it were , and I do that then it 's . |
| 13 | Occasionally , the Princess would wince in horror as she heard how women often arrived , their faces swollen , their ribs broken . |
| 14 | Again he tore his bleeding fingers from her mouth , and gaped in horror as she screamed , and went on screaming . |
| 15 | Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the straight black line of a squall bearing down on them . |
| 16 | It was only when his mouth claimed hers that some kind of reality surged back into her consciousness and her eyes flew wide open in horror as she belatedly realised just what was happening . |
| 17 | Endill watched in horror as he began hitting the handle , swinging against it with all his might . |
| 18 | But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines , he was put into irons ; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them . |
| 19 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 20 | Friends on the ground watched in horror as he was towed along for 20 seconds before managing to pull an emergency handle to free himself from the snagged chute . |
| 21 | Shoppers in Manchester 's Moss Side watched in horror as he crashed into parked cars . |
| 22 | Pascoe scratched his nose ruminatively then stopped in horror as he realized who he was imitating . |
| 23 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |
| 24 | Staff and customers watched in horror as he poured the petrol over himself and set himself alight . |
| 25 | Lift up Esther Maddox and Iain Clark before the Lord in prayer as they commence their time in the ‘ Frontline ’ with the Oasis trust . |
| 26 | Only a small proportion of his men were actually with him now , others coming in singly and in groups as they could disentangle themselves from the embroilment . |
| 27 | Devonshire weavers were angered in 1743 at their masters " forcing them to take corn , bread , bacon , cheese , butter and other necessaries of life , in truck as it is called , for their labour " . |
| 28 | The dealer would try to persuade the new client to reinvest not just the £500 he got from selling his Rolls Royce shares , for instance , but as much money in addition as he could be persuaded to part with , regardless of how far this was in his interest . |
| 29 | Canadian hooker Karl Svoboda has flankers Gord Mackinnon and Al Charron in support as he cuts a swathe through the Eagles defence . |
| 30 | Finn stood there helplessly for a moment , his own breath coming in gasps as he looked into the wild eyes of his superior . |