Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as taken aback as he looked . |
| 2 | They turned and waited silently as Jackie Tiptoe 's distinctive shape , looking in the queer light more than ever like a gargoyle escaped from a cathedral , made its way across the grass with a swift , hiccupping run . |
| 3 | Then , just ten feet below the fox and some seventy feet from the ground , he stopped and clung tightly as the pole swayed in the wind . |
| 4 | They walked towards the unsteady steps , and a figure took shape out of the darkness , weaving as it came and blinking dazedly as the lantern was lifted to illuminate its face . |
| 5 | He turned and watched blearily as she walked to the table , picked up the empty glass and departed again without once raising her eyes to look at him . |
| 6 | ‘ Devil ! ’ he said and dismounted so as to approach the thicket more closely . |