Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ministers of the Crown will no longer be responsible for the internal workings of such organisations , accept in so far as they fulfil their contractual obligations . |
| 2 | Mandy , her battle-lust having died down as quickly as it had set in , flopped down on Charity 's bed , and patted the spot beside her . |
| 3 | The man on the rod would be unable to reel in fast enough as they ran down on the Zodiac . |
| 4 | the affair blew over as quickly as it had begun , for Bayley removed his sons from the School at the end of the Summer Term . |
| 5 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 6 | Any birthday celebrations always seem to be over as swiftly as they begin , and the anticipation is probably just as important as the event itself , but a pressed flower picture can serve as a lovely memento . |
| 7 | Love , she wanted to shout , only his mirthless smile cut the word off in the throat , and then her breathing was cut off as well as he placed one of her hands on the accelerated pulse beating in his neck . |
| 8 | Ven chopped her off stingingly before she could finish — and Fabia knew then that she was n't going to get off as lightly as she 'd hoped . |
| 9 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 10 | The cloudburst switched itself off as abruptly as it had started , and the moon , peering momentarily out from an ink-black cloudscape , showed a coastal desert of pure white sand backed by low hills of chemical-green and violent reds , cactus everywhere and trucks parked on the dirt verge , most of them painted in livid crimson on white — Optimista , Primero de Mayo , La Virgen . |
| 11 | He took up a cloth by the side of the cash register and started to move it slowly over the surface , looking up just once as I left the shop , saying , ‘ Goodbye , then . ’ |
| 12 | Nor have prices gone up as fast as it predicted . |
| 13 | Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago . |
| 14 | IBM Corp 's James Cannavino took some time out to explain exactly what Louis Gerstner is doing with regard to the company 's restructuring — Gerstner , he says , ‘ has stopped any organisation in IBM that was creating a subsidiary just for accounting reasons ’ — instead , he decided it was better to change the accounting practices — ‘ which is great ’ declares Cannavino , ‘ because it means that the accountants are staying up as late as we do now ’ . |
| 15 | Cannavino took some time out to explain exactly what Louis Gerstner is doing with regard to the company 's restructuring — Gerstner , he says , ‘ has stopped any organisation in IBM that was creating a subsidiary just for accounting reasons ’ — instead , he decided it was better to change the accounting practices — ‘ which is great ’ declares Cannavino , ‘ because it means that the accountants are staying up as late as we do now ’ . |
| 16 | Jack crept up as far as he dared and then froze . |
| 17 | So it 's jargon , it 's assuming people will pick things up as quickly as we have and it 's not recognising that people have different interpretations . |
| 18 | Rosa slipped out of their bed , and , imagining herself on water , trod as lightly as she could ; her feet left moist imprints on the coldness of the tiled floor which shrivelled up as quickly as she made them , until she too vanished through the door . |
| 19 | He must have grown up now just as she had done . |
| 20 | Too many pilots allow their glider to zoom up too steeply as they leave the ground . |
| 21 | Let's have a look at this year 's price list er it says nineteen ninety three but I say it 's carried on as far as we know er there are n't any at the moment increases . |
| 22 | He was white with rage and she stepped back rather fearfully as he came inside and slammed the door , locking it securely . |
| 23 | She knew how Sisyphus must have felt , rolling that stone wearily up the hill , only to see it slide back down again as he made it to the top . |
| 24 | And quite a few blisters bursting out all over as they say . |
| 25 | In some ways , it is quite remarkable that Andrew turned out as well as he did . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I mean , what if she really is making out as well as she says ? |
| 27 | All in all it was not turning out as badly as he had feared . |
| 28 | The tide went out as fast as it came in , and it was not unusual for large fish to be stranded in one of the various sized lakes left behind in the sand hollows . |
| 29 | Padding out as silently as she came , she left me to the early morning quiet . |
| 30 | Having her father with them on holiday was going to turn out as disastrously as she had expected . |