Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] as " in BNC.

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1 The tape measure had now to go down into the hollow as well as across the circle , and it was not long enough to do this .
2 In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City .
3 All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ?
4 The market ; always a place to catch up on the gossip as well as buy groceries , is still there .
5 To experience an exhilarating feeling of flight , imagine you are about to soar up into the clouds as your arms are thrust forward and backward in rhythmic motion .
6 He joked : ‘ I would rather just do the run — but I 'm told I 've got to go through with the ceremony as well . ’
7 The present ski development is unsafe for walkers to walk through towards the carriers as the skiers do not give way to each other let alone walkers .
8 He looked away , pretending to stare out of the window as he began to summarise his conclusions .
9 Many of these have since been taken on by the wider society and are to be found in all its corners influencing even those who would now deny them any real significance and tend to look back on the decade as only times of silliness and self-indulgence .
10 All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones .
11 You have seven miles to walk back to the hotel as you have n't got two cars .
12 I was going to have to ease up on the grass as well .
13 Lofoten was chosen for this first large raid because it offered a chance to hit back at the enemy as well as such economic targets as the destruction of fish oil supplies , which might impair German manufacture of nitro-glycerine and would reduce supplies of vitamin A and B capsules issued to German troops .
14 A disturbingly high number , particularly of elderly women and women from ethnic minorities , are scared to go out during the day as well .
15 I had said that her view was unreasonable and Syl was free to go out in the evening as he wished .
16 The governments ' answer , it seems , is to go back to the ERM as it worked for most of the 1980s — a more flexible ERM , in which exchange-rate realignments happened now and then , instead of being resisted at all costs .
17 Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they develop .
18 Outliners have developed nicely over recent years and this program is sure to keep up with the trends as they change .
19 The ‘ Fury needing only half throttle to keep up with the Spitfire as they climbed to get on top of the haze .
20 If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavour to do , he drowns …
21 A little of the festive warmth seemed to die out of the air as they took their places around the low coffee table in the corner of the great hangar .
22 Once Richards had to dive out of the way as Tribe , twisting and stretching in his straps lurched across the formation .
23 It took them almost twenty minutes to get out of the building as they fielded congratulations along the way .
24 ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge .
25 Competition among the owners of a particular resource may tend to force its price downwards ; those owners for whom its sale involves the greater sacrifices will tend to drop out of the race as the falling price makes it worthwhile for them to sell only fewer and fewer units of the resource .
26 The Israeli government is firmly opposed to getting dragged into any post-Gulf negotiations ; having shown enough restraint to stay out of the war , they will claim the privilege of being allowed to stay out of the peace as well .
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