Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel this profoundly as I wander about the empty railway station , where I have no business of any kind . |
| 2 | Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermost branches . |
| 3 | It was quite dark now as they bounced along the rough road . |
| 4 | On the other hand , neither did the faithful military figure so much here as it did in the political activities of the Smolensk party organization . |
| 5 | Perhaps he do n't moan as much there as he does at home ! |
| 6 | ‘ Modern Greek , ’ she said , only a little breathlessly as she scrambled to her knees and began a series of back stretches . |
| 7 | Tony Atkinson , 16 , was knocked unconscious yesterday as he walked to school in Norris Green , Liverpool . |
| 8 | ENGLAND midfielder Paul Gascoigne 's return to form continued yesterday as he scored in his second successive game for Lazio . |
| 9 | Mr Major remained buoyant yesterday as he campaigned in Cambridgeshire , insisting that the Tories were on course for victory . |
| 10 | But for the caring and hard work of the Pet Rescue Fund Committee many animals would not be alive and well today as they deserve to be . |
| 11 | Both were young men on their way to work , and both said they were very frequently stopped by police at about 5 am as they went to work . |
| 12 | It struck ten o'clock as she walked into St-Jean . |
| 13 | Forenames should be printed in full exactly as they appear on your birth certificate and/or passport ; |
| 14 | The clock keeps going as usual even as you go through the boundary . |
| 15 | Problems of access and transport remained until the 1750s much as they had for centuries , the roads miry and troublesome in winter , the tidal river valleys well-nigh impassable . |
| 16 | The purpose of the vast megalithic constructions , for example , remains almost as mysterious now as it did in the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | Benjamin Titford , we must say , was not quite as elevated socially as he appears to be in his water-colour portrait ; or rather , he had only recently become so — which was good enough , after all , for any Victorian member of the nouveaux-riches . |
| 18 | I am always amused by the idea that outsiders have of Whitehall as being slow-moving ; we are like a snake , whose coils seem to be lying motionless even as they flow past your eyes and are gone . |
| 19 | And I have to confess that I found you as delightful then as I had in Wexford , and was intending to find out where you were going , and pursue the acquaintanceship . |
| 20 | Streets looked familiar , then grew strange again as she walked down them . |
| 21 | Surely if that tense moment had affected him at all he would not sound so cool and distant now as he reached for Chalon 's reins . |
| 22 | Oliver was close behind as she ran towards the pedlar , then cut off to the side . |
| 23 | Our waterproof walking boots were really necessary here as we balanced on rocks to cross the gushing stream . |