Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company got on as well with the local population as any European settlers anywhere in the world , but it was very exposed to attacks from New France . |
| 2 | Then Mum went over and I gazed on as she replaced the sheet and then rolled Granny onto her side and began feeling under the mattress . |
| 3 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 4 | We surfed in as Terrie fought to keep control of the tiller and stop us from broaching . |
| 5 | We moved on as , behind us , Tetsu and partners reached the 5th . |
| 6 | I got myself invited along as I wanted to find out what drove him to travel all the way from Surrey to South Wales nearly every weekend . |
| 7 | The whole frame gave and part of the wall crashed down as well . |
| 8 | Manville 's face clouded over as he remembered . |
| 9 | He dropped the gun from his shoulder again , and bent over as the laughter wracked him , all the more powerful for being silent , for being trapped inside . |
| 10 | She sighed , her expression changed again , and she took her arms away from him , bent over as though hugging herself round the middle . |
| 11 | This lasted but a little while , for those on the fringes , both forward and aft , drew off as soon as they had room and control , and sought firmer ground and more elbow-room . |
| 12 | Darkling they drew off as best they could , dragging their wounded with them , carrying them when they dropped . |
| 13 | She bounded off as though over stepping stones , from one object to another that would scarcely hold , old tyres , old boots , the ribs of crates from which the seagulls were dislodged in resentment . |
| 14 | Two of the three moved off as he arrived , with unconvincing references to waiting papers , but Bruce Davidson stood his ground , enquiring heartily how Francesca was and had she been helpful ? |
| 15 | The formation swam up as Woolley held the flight in its dive . |
| 16 | There we find similar bodily constructs built up as series of organizing principles , so that the other regiment or unit is perceived to operate in some kind of polluted time and space , and its aberrant nuances of uniform styling used as a marker of significant difference . |
| 17 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 18 | In early April the excitement built up as the first shoals of mackerel were expected . |
| 19 | The bar chart , built up as you go , shows you how you are keeping up to programme and teaches you about the idiosyncrasies of bar charts ! |
| 20 | The filing sequence should be uniquely identified by a ‘ reference number ’ of alphanumeric codes , built up as follows : |
| 21 | Wattling had tagged on , plastered up as he was , and Hilary included him in . |
| 22 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 23 | Folly 's voice petered out as some of her doubts started to reassert themselves . |
| 24 | ‘ When I 'm back in England — ’ she started sharply , but her voice petered out as he interrupted harshly . |
| 25 | The sand took up many different colours to the right , while high up on the left was a cliff-face — the wall of a plateau — where the rock had been whitewashed and hollowed out as someone 's home . |
| 26 | ‘ Bounced out as soon as she heard me call you and came scrabbling up the slope . |
| 27 | Fran drew back as though he had struck her , her face going pale as she saw the amusement on his face as he continued to study her . |
| 28 | He winced at the sight and drew back as though she had struck him . |
| 29 | " I had been off school since before my mum found out as I had been sick with gastric " flu . |
| 30 | And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly . |