Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she will be obliged to wait politely as you go about your task , which you can time to complete at the same moment you recover the skill of breathing in and out . |
| 2 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 3 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 4 | ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage . |
| 5 | Caroline had no choice but to trot alongside as he strode towards an arched doorway . |
| 6 | Now that he knows it 's himself he ca n't help noticing the slightly ridiculous and embarrassing qualities — the way the young man frowns importantly as he talks about his job , and waves his arms about when he gets stuck for words ; and the way he smiles insincerely at Howard from time to time , and looks straight into his eyes in an effort to demonstrate that he is interested in Howard as well as himself . |
| 7 | Candy 's blue eyes narrowed suspiciously as she prowled round Rory like a tiny bird of prey inspecting its dinner . |
| 8 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 9 | On her office desk sits a picture of mother and daughter laughing together as they stroll through the Lake District . |
| 10 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 11 | The baby moved his head , and she winced slightly as she looked at him . |
| 12 | Oh , Leo ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly as she looked at him , a plea for understanding in her lovely eyes . |
| 13 | Lucy refused to take offence , yet her chin rose slightly as she spoke with a smile . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never seen you behave before as you do with him . |
| 15 | Her curls bounced enchantingly as she clung to her father 's arm , dimpling at Auguste . |
| 16 | Unpretentious yet beautiful orange brick and pantiled watermills , trout farms and farmhouses rest peacefully in isolated spots and cosy little hamlets appear unexpectedly as one turns of a bend of a woldland way . |
| 17 | The Collector 's mind wandered again as he thought of the baptism of his own children how long ago it now seemed that the eldest had been baptized ! |
| 18 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 19 | Goldmine AG boss , Kurt Halm , admitted the company was being re-structured but expected new sources of venture funding to come forward as we went to press . |
| 20 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 21 | ‘ You know , of course , that Travis has gone to get plastered , ’ he charged aggressively as they started up the stairs . |
| 22 | Her face taut with anger , Gina 's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she fumbled with the unfamiliar fastening of the seatbelt . |
| 23 | At last a lone figure staggered out , singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor . |
| 24 | Harry brooded , frowning terribly as he toyed with his knife . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ Melissa murmured aloud as she listened to his footsteps pattering through the hall , followed by the slam of the outer door , ‘ there goes a man with a guilty secret . |
| 26 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 27 | You know if they think they can do just as they like at that age , well I mean er the , the |
| 28 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 29 | I do n't think they blare away as they come into the hospital . |
| 30 | The second use of the z value is in depth cueing in which the intensity of the line is chosen to dim gradually as it recedes from the observer . |