Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam was n't privileged to meet them either as he 'd been set to work whitewashing the Barracks , which they never got around to inspecting . |
| 2 | Though she had dined with Red Leland that evening and had seemed as pleased to meet him again as he had been to see her , though I had frequently brought up his name since my holiday started , each time she had immediately changed the subject . |
| 3 | Today their conversation was solely work , and both seemed happy to keep it so as they made their way to the circuit . |
| 4 | As Wright challenged the goalkeeper for the dropped ball , however , Nelson recovered to kick it clear as he fell to the ground . |
| 5 | It can take just as much fortitude to go it alone as it does to keep up a public front . |
| 6 | There followed a silence during which Agnes gripped the stanchion of the door and brought her chin tight into her chest , only to raise it again as she endeavoured to hear what her father was now saying quietly and with a purposeful intent , ‘ You should n't have said that , Alice . |
| 7 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 8 | She seemed to notice him only as he came closer , up to his chair , facing her across the small , four-legged table with the dully glowing red jewel in its centre . |
| 9 | He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville . |
| 10 | If the sound is played at a different speed , only adjustment of the volume control is necessary to make it sound as it did before . |