Example sentences of "[noun] as [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Join Axel and Blaze for more gob-smacking action as they again take on the hordes of Mr Big . |
| 2 | Put any group of players together and watch the torture as they painfully suss out where they fit in the ability stakes , and watch the most inept contract into a meek and confused , self-effacing heap . |
| 3 | Meryl Streep is wonderfully comic as an actress who really wants to be a singer , while Shirley Maclaine shows her versatility and talent as she defiantly crashes through ‘ I 'm Still Here ’ . |
| 4 | Her hair was a tangled mess as she finally stumbled on to the path the guerrillas had used . |
| 5 | This budget is extremely useful for management as it clearly sets out the short-term objectives and targets for the forthcoming budget period and is in a form that is easy to comprehend . |
| 6 | When performed well , as well as looking good , it produces a sense of well-being as you smoothly come out of the turn at speed . |
| 7 | Marshall and fellow defender Richard Jobson were both booked in the space of a minute for pulling down Shearer as he twice homed in on goal shortly after half time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not a big one for trying to work out all the results — there 's no point as you only end up kidding yourself . |
| 9 | I left my sack for a third time clipped to Sal and relished the cool caress of wind around my back as I finally found out how to enjoy myself on the steep granite of the ridge . |
| 10 | How is it done , by whom , who thinks about it , is it planned , is there support , and for that reason we are arranging a meeting , Frank , together with the Health Authority with all those agencies who do place people , sometimes quite sick people as you rightly point out . |
| 11 | The match revealed the Athletico lads had lost none of their flair and inadequacies for the game as they narrowly went down to a 7–2 defeat . |
| 12 | Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent 's face . |
| 13 | Cherry Reksten was dragged to the ground by the 23 stone giant as she frantically scrambled up a tree in a bid to escape . |
| 14 | I focused on the liquid as it slowly dribbled down . |
| 15 | I was near exhaustion as I slowly toiled up the incline beyond . |
| 16 | Back in the late seventies Ernie was a regular in the Island and he achieved his ‘ ton ’ on the Lightweight class but he also rode as passenger for his brother Wallace as they too put up a three figure lap . |
| 17 | However , she is quite dolorous , and sighting her , or hearing her crying as she slowly shuffles by , are both very bad omens . |
| 18 | As a blond , curly-haired eight-year-old , invariably dressed in sailor suits , young Reshevsky dazzled the chess world as he confidently took on up to 75 adult opponents at once . |
| 19 | The Range Rover was crammed with so much food as they finally set off for Brides Haven that Leonora expressed doubt that the boat would carry it all . |
| 20 | Constance felt let down but , more , she was overcome with indignant self-pity as she slowly cycled back along the drive that linked the Hall to the main road . |
| 21 | He caught her appalled expression as she hastily looked up . |
| 22 | Wayne seemed frozen in mid-action as she quickly threw back the top sheet of the bed and climbed in ; but then he recovered , and started an awkward fight to get his shoes off without actually untying their laces . |
| 23 | It seems to be the case as she currently has up to 200 various groups and organisations on her books . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm damned sure it was an attempt to kill Tweed , ’ Kuhlmann told Newman as they again strolled up and down the concourse of the main station . |
| 25 | It was the birthplace as you soon find out of Marshal Foch , supreme commander on the western front in the later stages of the First World War , who has here an equestrian statue , a main street named after him and a small museum in the house where he was born in 1851 . |
| 26 | Mr Crump nodded his agreement as he too gazed down . |